This was a cut back week for me, since I had a half-marathon on Saturday. I wasn’t sure how I wanted to run it, but I knew it wouldn’t hurt either way to have a lighter week of workouts and miles. I took out my MGP run, thinking that at least some of my half-marathon miles would be at MGP. And we all know there are plenty of hills in the Baltimore half so that becomes a workout in itself!
Philadelphia Marathon Training Week 9:
Sunday: Rest…literally did nothing all day and it was great:)
Monday: 7.07 miles easy, core work, PM: 75 minutes hot yoga
Tuesday: 7.7 miles with 3 x 2 miles at “fast tempo” pace (about 7:25-7:35). This run was really rough. The humidity returned and I just couldn’t get my legs to move as fast as I wanted them to.
Wednesday: 5.06 miles easy with a couple of hill repeats at the end, strength workout
Thursday: 3.01 miles easy, core work
Friday: Rest
Saturday: Baltimore Half Marathon! 13.1 miles (7:52 pace) plus 1 mile warm up. In case you missed it on instagram, I set a new PR of 1:43:16.
Total: 36.94 miles
Hopefully a recap of the Baltimore half will be up on Monday!
How did your training go this week?
How do you adjust your workouts around races?
Awesome job on the race! I normally make sure to lighten my running and throw in a rest day two days before a race with a shake out the day before. Oh, and I eat a lot of sweet potatoes, bananas and this weekend, I found tomato soup with dinner to work for me lol.
I ate lots of sweet potatoes and bananas over the past week too! They are pretty much my carbs of choice lately.
Congrats on the PR! That must be a confidence booster for the rest of training. After a race where I put out a really hard effort I need to go very easy pace wise for the next few days. Something usually starts hurting a little if I don’t.
Thanks! I will definitely need to take it a little easier for a couple of days this week.
Congrats on the PR! Any half marathon pace starting with a “7” is amazing to me! Great job!
Thank you!! It took me a long time to get to a point where I thought I could run a sub 8 min pace for a half. It has definitely shown me that hard work pays off!
Way to go! How great to have a PR before the big one! Proof that you’re going in the right direction. 🙂 My training is pretty similar to yours leading up to a race. Just the one workout and I’ll take out the long run depending on the distance, but for a half marathon I take it out for sure. Congrats, again!
Thanks so much!
Awesome PR! I am glad you posted this! I have a race this weekend, and I am still thinking about how I want to work my long run. After reading this, I don’t feel so guilty backing down on my mileage. It is a 10 mile race, so I will probably just front load a few miles. I will be back at 22 the next weekend, but I think my steady long runs have set me up fine. My running buddies are skeptical about cutting back one week, but I trust you! (and it feels right to me!)
Whooo! Congrats on your PR – especially since it came on a hilly course!! You rock! I am looking forward to the recap!
Wow! Way to go on your PR!!! Well as you know I love to do races as a long run 🙂