I finished up last week without even realizing that I had made it past the halfway point in my training! So now I have 8 weeks down and 6 to go. It’s weird because 6 weeks still sounds kind of long, but when you factor in the taper that’s not too many more weeks of hard training. However, this is going to be the most challenging part of the training, I think.
Philadelphia Marathon Training Week 8 (10/5-10/11)
Sunday: Rest
Monday: 6.5 miles easy (9:15 pace), PM: 75 mins hot yoga
Tuesday: 7.1 miles with 5 at 8min/mile pace and 5 hill repeats (8:10 overall pace), core work
Wednesday: 7 miles with 3 x 12 minutes at 7:15-7:20 pace and 2 min recovery in between sets. (7:49 pace overall)
Thursday: 5 miles easy (9:55 pace), strength workout
Friday: Rest
No amount of coffee wakes me up the way running does
Saturday: 20.03 miles (9:01 pace) I will talk all about this run tomorrow!
Total: 45.65 miles
Next week is the Baltimore Running Festival 1/2 marathon, so it will be a lighter week for mileage and workouts. I’m excited for the race because it’s a really fun event, but I think we all know how I feel about the course:) This course was my first 1/2 marathon in 2007 and I ran a 1:53:09. I returned in 2011 as I was training for my first full (Philly!) and ran a 1:53:09. Ha! How does that even happen? And will the streak continue? I don’t think I could possibly match the exact time again if I tried.
How was your week in training?
Ever run the exact same race time?
Nice week and relieving to be done with the rainy 20 miles. That is very strange that you had the same time twice at the same race. I’ve done that with training runs but never a race! Doubt that will happen again and I’m sure you’ll be faster this time 🙂
I hope that I beat those times, but the course is really challenging! The weather is also a huge factor, of course:)
Great week of training. Can’t wait to hear about your 20 miler and have an AWESOME birthday recovering and eating all of your favorite foods 🙂
Thanks! So far I have had pizza, chocolate cake, and wine. Tonight will be steak and dessert of some sort:)
That’s insane that you had the exacts same finish time! I can’t imagine that it can happen again but who thought it could happen twice? Besides, I think you are even faster now lol. My first half was a 1:53 too! And 20 miles at a 9:00 pace? Amazing. Looking forward to hearing about it.
Yea I was so shocked that I ran the same time, and 4 years apart! Hopefully I can run it faster this year, but it all depends on how things go on race day!
So crazy that you finished in the exact same time! This morning in Chicago Amy Hastings finished in the same exact time as her marathon PB from LA in 2011!
That is so crazy! But I am sure really frustrating too! I would just be thinking “if only I ran 1 second faster…”
Great week of training! I can’t wait to read about your 20 miler.
That is too funny about the Baltimore Half! I think you’ll definitely beat that time this year 🙂
Thanks! Yea it was so random and surprising! Hoping to beat it this year, but that course is evil!
Another great week! I need to look into some runs up in Baltimore next year! I have ran the same race several times. Its a nice challenge to beat my old time and I can’t believe you ran that race in the same exact time!
There are a lot of great races in Baltimore! The only problem with the bigger ones is traffic/parking can be annoying. There are also more hills then you would expect in the areas where they plan the races:)
Great week and happy birthday (I got you early and late!). I have to say I laughed at the ‘leg picture’ because you can see the phone shadow and I wondered what a picture of you taking that shot would look like, or what people watching you would think? haha
Ha! You are totally right- I probably looked like such a weirdo. I don’t think there was anyone around and I was bored with taking the same shots for the millionth time and for some reason it seemed like a good idea. I am sure my neighbors see my taking pictures of my wrist every morning and have no idea what I am doing!