Hello friends! As I shared in an earlier post, I have started working with a running coach. I am training for a June marathon – Grandma’s in Duluth, Minnesota. My goal is to go sub-4 and now I’m less than a month out from race day. Time is flying and I’m getting excited! I share my training recap every other week. I hope you’ll join in and link up! You can always follow my progress daily on Instagram, where I share all my runs.
Week of May 7
Monday – Five easy miles and core to start the week.
Tuesday – Two miles easy, 8×3 minutes hard, one mile cooldown. The hard was supposed to be in the 8-8:30 range. My splits were on average 8:15 – the weather was PERFECT and that made a huge difference.
Wednesday – No running – just core!
Thursday – Just over nine miles plus core work.
Friday – Five “easy” miles – they didn’t feel easy but the run got done!
Saturday – My second 20 miler of this cycle! Average pace 10:25 – it was HOT and HUMID and really quite hard. Still not acclimated to the heat but getting there!
Sunday – Two slow recovery miles plus core to end the week.
Weekly mileage total: 48.97 miles
Week of May 14 (down week)
Monday – Three easy plus core.
Tuesday – Six easy miles – no workout for this down week and I wasn’t too sad about it. 
Wednesday – Core.
Thursday – Five easy miles plus core.
Friday – OFF! I had two days off for the first time in forever. I didn’t even know what to do with myself.
Saturday – Three easy miles because my long run was moved to Sunday this week.
Sunday – I had planned to run the Capitol Hill Classic and use that as part of my 18 mile long run. I got in 8 miles beforehand – but was dehydrated and so felt progressively worse during the run. After, I felt so bad so I called it – 14.6 miles for the day.
Weekly mileage total: 32.85 miles
Total mileage for this training cycle: 711.71
I am feeling really good – despite some tough, hot runs and some challenges. I am also getting SO excited about a BREAK FROM RUNNING AFTER MY RACE! And yes, that deserved all caps. More pre-race thoughts and goals to come soon, but for now, the plan is still sub-4!
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