I’ve signed up for the Glass City Marathon in Toledo, Ohio, and I’m on week 15 of 18 in my slightly modified Pfitz 18/55 plan. The marathon is on April 28, 2019. I’m in the tapering phase.
Monday: 8 miles with 5 x 600m @ 5k pace. Ran this one in the park because of speedwork. The weather has turned, and I was wearing short sleeves for possibly the first time in 2019 (except those dreadmill runs). The intervals were at 7:07, 7:13, 7:09. 7:15, and 7:06, so in the range of 6:55 – 7:15. Overall, 8.05 miles in 1:07:54 (8:26 min/mile pace).
Tuesday: 4 miles + 6 strides. Kept this one in the subdivision, partly because my car wouldn’t start. 6 laps around for 5.01 miles in 42:56 (8:34 min/mile, although it didn’t quite feel like it).
Wednesday: Rest. This feels weird, but tapering, yo!
Thursday: 10k tune race. Ran this one in the park, too. Weather was just on the threshold between long and short sleeves. The 10k portion was 48:59 (7:53 min/mile pace). Overall, 8.21 miles in 1:07:06 (8:10 min/mile pace). Since I didn’t have enough distance left to finish my cool down at the parking lot, I ran the last part through the soccer fields, which was nice and soft (but not too soft). Of course, that’ll change with tomorrow’s rain.
Friday: 16 miles. It was supposed to rain (quite a bit) in the morning and the rest of the day. So I prepared for it (contacts, etc) and went to East Fork. Ran to Williamsburg and back and then to the other side of the Batavia-Williamsburg Trail (which is a misnomer, it doesn’t actually connect to Batavia. I was running on little sleep and it was WARM – 71 degrees. When I made it to the second part of the last leg (past 12.25 miles), it started sprinkling. On my way back to the car, after turning around (past 13.5 miles), it started to lightning and thunder a little. Then, about half a mile away from the car, it started to rain pretty hard. I did minimal stretching before jumping into the car. 16 miles in 2:25:53 (9:06 min/mile pace).
When wanting dry weather, prepare for rain
–Bastardization of some internet quote about war and peace
That’s it for the week. 37 miles total. After the prior week’s 53 miles, I’m definitely in tapering!