I survived the first week! It’s a good feeling, but at the same time, the first week was one of the easier ones and there is still a long way to go. As I mentioned, I had to switch the days around a little because I had to do my long run on Friday. I was still able to take rest or easy days before and after my hard/long runs, which was my goal.
Philadelphia Marathon Training Week 1 (8/18/14-8/24/14)
Monday 8/18: 6.43 miles with 3 at marathon goal pace and 1 mile of hills, plus warm up and cool down. Garmin wasn’t working for most of the run. Also some core work.
Tuesday 8/19: Easy 3 miles, total body strength workout, 60 mins of hot yoga in the afternoon
Wednesday 8/20:6 miles with 5 x 800s (3:32, 3:31, 3:14, 3:22, 3:30) Goal was 3:30—not sure where that 3:14 came from or if there was an error in the distance. Plus core work
Thursday 8/21: Rest
Friday 8/22: 13.1 miles at 9:04 pace
Saturday 8.23: 4 miles easy, core work
Sunday 8/24: Rest
The most exciting part of my week was getting new foam roller! I decided to upgrade to the Grid X and I have noticed such a difference! It’s kind of sad that inflicting pain on myself makes me so excited.
Total: 32.53 miles
How were your workouts this week?
Which would you rather do: hills or speed work?
Great week! Even with switching the day it looks like it worked out fine. I’m going to look into that foam roller since I need to purchase one pretty much right now with the runs I have coming up! Don’t want to waste money and no nothing about them (as you know!) and I trust you!
I think I’d rather do hills. I’m just used to running hills and have good memories so that’s probably why. Speed is painful but also boring for me!
Since I am newer to hills I am still a little afraid of them. Speed work is never easy, but I feel like I know what I am getting myself into each time!
Have you ever used a foam roller at all before? If not, I wouldn’t go with such an intense one first. You could either start with an inexpensive foam one from amazon or walmart (they’re usually blue or black foam). Or the trigger point website has the basic one which is harder than the foam ones but you might be ok. I just know when you first start its pretty painful, and you probably don’t need a hard one to get the benefits. The grid X is REALLY intense!
I had a much needed down week this week. I’ve got a weird little ache in my right quad that I’m trying to roll out, somewhat unsuccessfully.
I love your pictures from on the run 🙂
I hope it feels better! And hopefully the cut back week helped, also!
Awesome job this week, especially with adding in the yoga and core work! The pace for your long run is what I dream of.
Haha thank you! You will get there sooner than you think!
Great job on your 800’s! I love to hate those things! You should check out the R8 Roller from Roll Recovery. Pricey, but totally worth every penny. I NEVER used my foam roller because it was so cumbersome. I ditched it and now use this all of the time. It’s amazing!
I have seriously considered that R8 roller. I am nervous to pay that much but it would be worth it if its that much better than a roller! Are you able to use it on your glutes/hips? That’s one of my biggest problem areas.
Great workouts for a great first week of marathon training! I think I’m more of a hill person than a speed person. I always get nervous before anything from mile repeats to 400s for some reason. That roller sounds amazing. I might need to upgrade from my other TP one!
I really feel this roller so much more! I think I outgrew the basic one.
Certain speed workouts always scare me, but hills still make me nervous bc I’m still pretty new to them.
Great week! I love the rest picture! I’d rather do speed work, but every time I have it on the schedule I procrastinate like CRAZY before actually getting out there … I think I’m scared 🙂
I get so nervous before speed work, too! I am already dreading my 800s on Thursday:)