training Wednesday: marathon training week 7
Another week closer to the marathon, and I just haven’t been running like I should be. I’m taking care of that, though. (Really, I am.)
Tuesday – 3ish miles (a little further than 3 miles, but I didn’t keep track of exact distance.)
Wednesday – walked.
Thursday – drove a lot.
Friday – 12 miles
Saturday – walked.
Sunday – drove and drove and drove.
And that was it. Two runs, two walks. Not good.
My 12-miler was surprisingly great. I ran in Lake Waccamaw, so it was flat. It was very cold when I started out, and I was wearing new running pants (Under Armour cold weather pants.) The pants made me very hot. I ran out 3 miles, back to the house (3 miles) and met up with my husband. He ran 1.2 miles with me, and then he turned around. I continued on for almost 2 more miles, and turned back around. He met up with me at my 10-mile point, with water, and I finished my run in 2 hours, 12 minutes. A pace of 11:04 minutes per mile. I’ll take it!!
Now, the plan. My boss is trying to start running during her lunch hour. I talked to her this morning and we’re going to start running once or twice a week together, during lunch. My goal is to at least run on Monday and Wednesday with her. And then my long runs on Saturday. I have 8 more weeks of training, so this will hopefully help! (Tomorrow’s my first attempt at this new plan, so wish me luck!)
Oh good luck!! That is what always stops me from running really long distances- is the time and commitment the training take.