Wow, I can’t believe that in less than 3 weeks, I will have finished my second marathon!
It has been a crazy few weeks and unfortunately I haven’t done an weekly update since week 11. I apologize for that, but to make up for lost time here is the last few weeks in a nutshell:
- In the past 3 weeks I’ve flown 8 times on Delta
- I’ve run in five different cities: Tampa, Charleston, Savannah, New York, and Los Angeles
- I ran my fastest mile ever during last week’s speed work session
- I had one great 20 miler and one horrible 20 miler that has given my the mental strength to know I can conquer the New York City marathon again this year.
- As long as the weather is on my side, I’ve chosen my race day outfit.
- I’m finally excited about the marathon and have decided to re-read A Race Like No Other.
- Now that I’m pumped for the race, I’m loving the ING NYC Marathon Daily Tips emails they are sending out to runners!
So, now that I’ve gushed about my excitement and given you the skinny on the last month, let me give you the update on the past week of training.
Week 14 Actual: October 10-16th
Monday: 4.0 mile basic run with striders
Tuesday: 4.0 mile speed workout (1 mile warm up, 1 mile at 8:54, 1 mile at 8:04, 1 mile cool down)
Wednesday: 3.0 mile easy run
Thursday: personal Training
Friday: rest day
Saturday: 20 mile long run in Tampa with Meghann
Sunday: rest day
Total mileage: 31 miles
I took two rest days this week though Sunday was more like a recovery day since I danced into the wee hours of the night after Saturday’s long run.
My goals for this week’s training are as follows:
- Two yoga sessions
- Focus on the nutritional goals I’ve set for myself during the last 3 weeks of training
- Make sure that I follow each of my running workouts perfectly, including mileage and pace suggestions from my coach, Marc.
Week 15 Plain: October 17th-23rd
Monday: 4.0 mile basic run with striders
Tuesday: personal training session
Wednesday: 5.5 mile speed workout
Thursday: personal Training + yoga in the evening
Friday: rest day
Saturday: 13 miles (I am actually going to run the last 13 miles of the marathon route! If you’re interested in joining, please leave a comment as a group of us are organizing a last 10 mile run.)
Sunday: yoga
Total mileage: 22.5 miles
Also, if you have any marathon training questions, please leave a comment as I am working on my own Marathons+Moderation post and would love to address any questions during my post this week!
Ah, I love reading that your weekly mileage is going down – taper time!! You’re so lucky to be able to run the 2nd half of the course two weeks out, I’d definitely do the same if I lived closer!
You have this in the bag. Also? did you remember your body glide?
Hi Ashley, congrats on your training and yay for taper =) I’m also running NYC and was wondering if you could send me details about running the last 13 miles on Saturday. I would love to meet up and run with you if possible!
Hi Allison! Please see the info on the NYC Marathon Training facebook wall : http://www.facebook.com/groups/249857408361597/! See you there!