It was an interesting week 2 of marathon training.
Monday started early with waking up in Washington DC at 5:15 to run 3 miles + 7 strides heading into the neighborhood north of Thomas Circle.
Tuesday also started early and in the same city, with 5 miles headed south towards the White House. That was a particularly difficult day to run because of slippery conditions and lots of disorienting fog. The run was a full minute per mile slower than my normal cruising pace. There was an additional challenge of needing to be at a breakfast meeting by 7 AM.
Wednesday started similarly early, 3 miles + 7 strides headed NW of Thomas Circle. It was a direction I’ve never run before, and got to see the Embassy of Tunisia and a Freemason Temple (seeing the Embassy of Tunisia put A Night In Tunisia in my head… not a complaint!).
Thursday was my flight home, and the weather broke, I ran 5 miles around my neighborhood, which was mostly because I didn’t want to potentially get soaked running in the park and then get back into my truck.
Friday was my long run, 9 miles around the Cincinnati/Covington/Newport riverfront area. It was raining, and while the temperature started nice at 51°F, it ended around 40°F and my fingers were starting to show signs of frostbite. To make matters worse, I twisted my ankle in Covington at the same buckled set of sidewalk they’ve ignored for the last 5 years.
Ran 27 miles over the week, 4 hours, 1 minute. 16 weeks to the Flying Pig Marathon.
Cheers!