I can’t believe it’s already Sunday. This past week was a whirlwind of travel and fun events. I ran in three different cities this week: New York, San Francisco, and Chicago. While it was a fun week, it left me exhausted and feeling defeated in regard to the amount of mileage I actually accrued. It was my lowest mileage week in ages, at only 20 miles. Hopefully this unintentional step back week will mean that this week’s runs are even stronger due to fresh legs
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With 12 weeks left until the marathon, here’s how my mileage has progressed so far:
Week 3: 24 miles
Week 4: 23 miles
Week 5: 20 miles
I was able to stick with all my runs except my 4-5 mile midweek run and yoga. While I didn’t feel the affects of the time change and travel this week while I was traveling, it hit my like a ton of bricks yesterday. Here is how my week shaped up.
Monday: 4 mile run
Tuesday: Personal Training Session
Wednesday: Travel day/rest
Thursday: 12 mile long run in San Francisco
Friday: 3.4 mile shakeout run in Chicago
Saturday: Travel day (Chicago-New York-Philadelphia-New York)
Sunday: rest
I’m looking forward to spending the week in New York City enjoying my normal workout schedule, a few home cooked meals with Bo, and getting ready for Healthy Living Summit. A week of crazy travel makes my daily life seem like nothing!
Here’s this week’s schedule, including a wonderful long run with my friends at Healthy Living Summit. Hopefully the camaraderie will result in a wonderful run!
Monday: 5 miles
Tuesday: strength training on my own
Wednesday:3 miles speed work
Thursday: 2 miles and spin class
Friday: rest day
Saturday: Long run 14-16 miles
Sunday: Healthy Living Summit 5k
My goal this week is to not miss a single workout. In addition, since my trainer is out of town this week, making sure that I get in my Tuesday strength session will be a challenge..
Thanks for all your great feedback last week, I look forward to all the upcoming Marathons+Moderation posts from y’all!
I’m excited for the long run at HLS – long runs are more fun with groups 🙂
Sometimes you need a stepback week. I just finished up week 7 of my marathon training plan and looking at the upcoming weeks already exhausts me.
Good luck keeping with your schedule this week. I had a low mileage week myself and I cannot blame it on travelling… just life.
@Jen: Thank you so much. Sometimes life throws us a step back week because it knows we need it, for our sanity.
I guess you are right. Still looking for my sanity though. 🙂
It’s really hard to maintain your running schedule when you are traveling a lot. That’s part of the reason I postponed my NYC Marathon entry – b/c I knew this summer was going to be hectic. Good for your for getting as much as you did in! Have fun at HLS – wish I could go!
@Lindsey: I find that traveling to amazing cities makes long runs so much easier. Thanks for the motivation Lindsey!
Congrats on a great week! So excited for the long run this week! 🙂
@Caitlin: I can’t wait to see you! When are you heading down?
Impressive that you were able to keep up with training while you traveled all over. What FUN cities to run in too – and coast to coast!
@Ali: Traveling to such wonderful cities made the runs far easier! I’m already looking forward to long runs in Philadelphia, Cincinnati, and Los Angeles during the next month!