This is the third week of my marathon training plan for the Columbus Marathon. The marathon is October 20, 2019. I’m following the Pfitzinger 18/55 plan again.
Monday: 8 miles + 10 Strides. Ran in the park and the subdivision next to it, and with a bit of GI issues that even persisted through the day. Not sure what I ate, but something got to me. The run started with watch issues, and phone issues. My watch decided to update before I ran (Garmin, your timing is impeccable). Then, my phone decided to reboot (that one is rare). Then, during the strides, my watch decided to reboot. UGH. Overall, 9.26 miles in 1:20:18 (8:40 min/mile pace). Finished with stretches and four pull ups. And Garmin thinks I ran a 6:07 10k (uhhh, nope!).
Tuesday: 5 miles recovery. Didn’t sleep too well last night (despite getting to bed at a better time), and got up late. Then my watch decided to update again. Didn’t really push these miles until the end (I saw another runner and was going to pass him 😈, but he stopped just before I went to make my pass). 5.02 miles in 43:26 (8:39 min/mile). Finished with stretches, squats, single-leg squats, unweighted single-leg deadlifts, and FIVE pull-ups (went up one!).
Wednesday: 10 miles. Returned to East Fork Park for this one, and miraculously didn’t have to wait on my watch. However Monday’s GI issues decided to return, which ruined the last half of this – the first 5 were in 45:50, the second five were around 54 minutes. Overall, 10.01 miles in 1:39:13. I don’t even want to talk about the pace.
Thursday: miles. Ran in the park and got there kinda early. It was warm (72 on my phone, 75 on the park’s message board), so I went shirtless. When I arrived, I saw lightning in the sky, but no thunder and it ultimately didn’t storm. Started things off with form and mobility drills and capped off my 4 miles with some squats, single-leg squats, and unweighted single-leg deadlifts. And then I forgot to do pull-ups. Overall, 4.01 in 35:15 (8:46 min/mile pace… not pushing it!). Later on, I did some planks, hamstring curls, and crunches.
Friday: 15 miles. Last night was the homebrew club meeting, so I was up late. I still rolled out of bed early enough to finish the run at a decent time. I took both water and Gatorade Endurance with me. I had meant to bring some Hoppy Trails Gu with me, but I forgot it. I kept this in the park and the subdivisions next to it. The first 10 miles were slow – most of the miles were longer than 9 minutes. During the last third of the run I brought it back to have an overall pace just under 9 minutes per mile. Alternated Gatorade Endurance and water at roughly each mile. 15.02 miles in 2:14:49 (8:59 minutes/mile). After my post-run stretching, I did five pull ups to make up for not doing them yesterday.
That’s it for a rough week. 43.33 miles. 6.5 hours of running. Next week’s going to be a tough week – two speed days. 😱😮
Upcoming Race Schedule:
July 30: NKU XC Series #2
Aug 6: NKU XC Series #3 / Brian Rohne Cross Country Championships.
Aug 17: Bulldog Blast 5k
Sept 21: Hudepohl 14k Run
Oct 20: Columbus Marathon