My sister and I visited my Dad in the hospital in San Francisco this weekend. He has a long way to go, but we are starting to see improvement. He will require surgery in the future, and that could mess with my training, but I know what my priorities are (family first!) I didn't post last week's miles, they weren't much to write home about! My plan for this week is to run my 22 miler on Saturday, it's scheduled for the following week but I'm running the Race for the Cure that Saturday and don't want to worry about getting the extra miles in that weekend.
This is week 12 of training. After this week, race day will be one month away.
You'll have three easy runs and a tempo run. Your long run will drop back to 15 miles so that you can recover from the monster mileage that you've done in recent weeks.
This is a good week to check your fitness with a time trial. You’ll get a sense of how much fitness you’ve gained during training and be much better equipped to set realistic race goals.
Sunday: Rest Day
Monday: 7 Miles Easy (pace 9:52)
Tuesday: 9 Miles w/5 miles at Tempo (pace 9:52)
Wednesday: 6 Miles Easy
Thursday: Time Trial
Friday: 5 Miles Easy
Saturday: 15 (but I'm planning 22) Miles LSD (pace 10:04-11:04)
Total planned miles: 49
It's funny how training plans can be so different! I feel like I'm running baby mileage compared to you! At least I'm consistent (I think;-) & getting in the LR's, which I hear are one of the most important! Wishing your dad a speedy recovery!
ReplyDeleteWould you believe these miles are actually lower than when I wasn't training for a marathon? While this week was higher than normal and didn't have a Wednesday rest day (what?) in the past I have run 40-50 miles every week. The big difference in this plan has been speed work - something I never did before.
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