MMT Week 15

Oh man... two weeks till the big day. Am I ready? No. Could I have been ready? Possibly if I hadn't gotten the stress fracture. But I'll be able to do it. Slowly. I will cross the finish line...hopefully in under five hours. That's my goal. Super easy week coming up: a 5-miles + strides, a 6-mile slow/fast/slow, an easy 5-miles and a 6-mile long run. Maybe I'll be able to do most of it outside...if another Polar Vortex doesn't strike!

MMT Week 14

I can't believe it; I got all my miles in last week, and they were all from running! And so far so good. After 18 miles yesterday, I thought I would be so wasted today. I'm a little sore, but nothing bad. The 18 miler took me three hours and fifteen minutes. I ended up having to walk about half a mile total; I just could not run any more uphills in the last two miles. One big mistake I made was not bringing any fuel. I think I probably could've run the last hills if I had brought something to fuel with. I will definitely remember that for the marathon. I'm thinking a cream cheese packet and maybe a coconut oil packet or something like that. If I am going to crash, they will have GU at the water stations that I can eat as a last resort. But I'm going to be prepared, so I doubt it will come to that.

Week 14 starts the taper. The total mileage is 26 compared to last week's 36. Then the week before the marathon is only 22 total. This week I have an easy 4-miles, a 6-mile slow/fast/slow, an easy 6-miles and a 10-mile long run.

MMT Week 13

I'm back in the game!! I had an x-ray on Friday, and the doc said everything is all healed up so I can run again. YAY! So I ran two laps at Stoney Creek, or 12 miles. It was so nice to run again. I have a lot of catching up to do though: I was pretty slow. It took me longer to run the 12 than it took for either of my half marathons... Hopefully I can make up some of that time in the next month.

Week 13 has the most mileage of all these training weeks; a total of 36 miles. It is as follows: a 4-miles + strides, an 8-mile slow/fast/slow, an 8-miles + strides and a 16-mile long run. I still think I might have to do some on the elliptical, and I'll do a mile or two in the pool, just because I love it so!

MMT Week 12

This past week I got all 35 miles in, but it only happened on two days. My schedule got pretty upset when I found out I had to get a tooth extraction on Wednesday. It was very sad. I sat out Monday and Wednesday's workouts due to tooth pain, then I sat out Friday's as I was recovering. So I did 9.5 miles on Monday (bike/elliptical/swimming), and then 26.2 miles on Saturday (bike/elliptical/treadmill). I now understand what runners mean when they say their legs felt like lead... the last 4.2 miles on the treadmill were pretty heavy. I'm glad I got all the miles in, though.

Week 12 is as follows: an easy 5-miles, an 8-mile slow/fast/slow, an easy 6-miles and a 14-mile long run. 33 miles total. I'm definitely going to break back into running this week. Perhaps the 5 and 6 mile easy workouts will be a good time to make it happen.

MMT Week 11

Shoot... we're already to week 11! That means there are only six more till marathon! I got on the treadmill this past week to see how my fitness is keeping up, and I ran a 5K no problem. My foot was good, but I'm still going to take it easy for a little while. I think I may not even run on it up until the marathon, as swimming/biking/elliptical are keeping me in decent shape and I'd rather not aggravate it as much as possible. I'm not worried about meeting a time goal or anything, so whatever I can do to just finish, I'll be happy with. But I won't be able to finish if it breaks!

Week 11 is as follows: an easy 5-miles, an 8-mile slow/fast/slow, a 6-mile tempo and a 16-mile long run. It's a big week, and I am still totally bummed that I'm not running it... but there will be many more marathons to train for where I can run till my heart's content!