What is this . . . oh yes . . . WEEK 5!
So Mr. Adam (a.k.a. my boyfriend) voiced to me this morning that he was exhausted, and I had to agree. He is also training for the NYC marathon, and since we both ran in Seattle and as a result started back in again at the same time, we are at about the same point in the training process. Adam is no veteran to Marathon training. Like me, the Philadelphia Marathon was his first. He ran New York two years ago, where he qualified for Boston, which he ran last year. With his sights on breaking the 3 hour time barrier, this is his first time following such a rigorous plan.
I was actually glad to hear that i was not the only one that was pretty exhausted. It always seems to be a fine line between pushing myself and overdoing it. With being sick last week and my long run on Sunday I have to say I am exhausted as well. A familiar feeling while in training. There is always one point when I wonder why I am putting myself through sure strenuous work. But now I know that this its just a fleeting moment that is hopefully followed by feeling much stronger in my runs.
This weeks Workouts:
Speed: Since i ran my repeats a little faster last week, this week’s speed workout ended up being almost identical in time. We did canova mile repeats with a faster and longer recovery time then normal, which for me ended up being 7 min/ mile repeats (x 4) with an 8 min recovery mile. We did the workout at the track, and as a testiment to me having a short attention span. I ended up only running half of the workout on the track before getting a little bored and derailing to the east waterfront to battery park and back to finish the remainder of the workout.
Tempo: Our tempo workout this week was 3 x 15min. at tempo pace. As much as I would like to stick to the plan, I have also been missing the long tempo runs i used to do. It also seems like a lot of our speed workouts have turned into tempo pace intervals anyways, so I thought that one long tempo run might be a little better for me and my exhausted state. With the “Hurricane” on the forecast I was pretty sure I was getting myself into a pretty wet and windy run in the park, but luckely it turned out to be a great clear night for a run. I finished by Lincoln center and met Mr. Adam for the Metropolitan Opera’s Summer HD showing for the evening. HELLO LABOR DAY WEEKEND!
