I just completed week 12 of my 24 week training plan for Grandma’s
Marathon. I started January 1st and was doing great until the flu hit
in late February. That took me out for 10 days and that was just before the Montgomery
Half. As I mentioned in my race report, that race wasn’t great but I survived.
Since that race I’ve tried to stick to the plan as best I can and it is
going pretty well. Last weekend I ran 10 miles around Lake Nokomis and Lake Harriet
in Minneapolis. Before the run, I created my game plan on how I wanted each
mile to go and I actually kept close to my goals. So that made me happy.
This week was a back off week. Since we ran 10 on Sunday, I decided
that a short swim on Monday would be more beneficial instead of pounding more
miles on sore legs. I ran 5 slow miles on Wednesday, 3.25 sort of fast miles on
Thursday and 7 long miles on Saturday on the treadmill. Hopefully I can keep
following my schedule. It will get harder with the really long runs coming up.
This week’s long run is 12 miles and next weekend is a half marathon in
Raleigh, NC. It is easier for me to run 13 miles in a race than it is for me to
run 10-12 miles in training.
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