This week was just not the training week for me. I was unable to complete Friday’s training session which was suppose to be a 5 Mile Tempo run. My 1.5 mile warm up before the workout felt tiring as well at a 7:50 pace. Starting the tempo run with marathon goal pace of 6:52 went well. As I was right on 6:45 pace. Before going on about this workout, the previous week’s tempo run was a solid workout. I was able to comfortably run a 6:45 marathon goal pace through all 5 miles, that including a 1.5 mile warm-up and cool down. However, this week was totally different and I don’t really have answers to why that is. Friday’s tempo run was ugly right after the first mile. I wasn’t able to hold marathon goal pace at all. This workout turned into an easy pace run and the term ‘easy pace’ wasn’t the case at all really. I finished 3.5 miles at 7:52 pace and called it a day.
Friday night I looked back into my running journal and tried to find out where I went wrong in my miles this week that has me feeling overtrained. I’ve been following this Hanson Marathon Method to the T. My last two weeks have been 39 miles of running with 3 main workouts each week(Track, Tempo, Long Run).
I decided to take Saturday completely off from training and cross training Sunday in the gym. I look to jump back into full on training tomorrow and getting back on a 30-39 mile week. My body feels quite good today following some cross training this morning in the gym. I am also looking forward to my new running watch I get tomorrow! I’m ditching the FitBit and going with the Garmin Forerunner 235 for better GPS and running data. I don’t feel like my FitBit is accurate with my running paces at all.
Like the image above, this week I failed to hit all my workouts and miles. But, this will be a perfect example as to why I am ready for next week and ready for the challenge in front of me. I am ready to get back to training on the roads, trails, and the track. I am not afraid to TRY!
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