Because I didn’t follow my plan exactly last week, this week there wasn’t a mileage increase. Actually, there was a slight decrease. I know most people training for a marathon usually run a minimum of 40 miles a week but lower mileage works better for me, at least for now. I did have two workouts (one speed, one tempo) and was forced inside to the treadmill once because of rain and once because of heat.
Ft. Myers Marathon Training Week 2
Sunday: Off.
Monday: 4 treadmill miles @ 9:20 pace. I did not hesitate to run the pace listed on the plan for this day. I was just not feeling the treadmill AT ALL so 9:20 was perfect.
Tuesday: Speed workout (6 miles total). 1 mile warm-up, 3 x 1600 @ 7:32 pace (800 recovery in between), 1 mile cooldown. I think I’ll say this after every hard (for me) workout, but I’m so proud of myself for following through. I was panting and breathing very heavy by the last interval. Plus, it was disgustingly hot and muggy so that made it a little harder.
I stopped the app at 6.02 miles so that’s why “extra” is listed
Wednesday: South Tampa Fit
Thursday: Tempo run (6 miles total). According to the plan I was supposed to do a 4 mile tempo at an 8 min/mile pace plus a 1 mile warm up and cooldown. I don’t know how to write this without sounding pretentious but I ran much faster than the prescribed pace…yet I didn’t want to. This run would have been challenging for me at an 8 min/mile pace, but I made it harder than it needed to be. It’s not that I’m trying to run faster, it’s that I have trouble staying at one pace. I checked my phone after the first tempo mile a saw I was on target at 7:57 min/mile so I didn’t check it until mile 4. Mistake.
Ironically I thought Tuesday’s mile repeat workout was harder and I ran these 4 miles continuously at a relatively similar pace.
Friday: 30 minute walk with my dog.
Saturday: 11.5 disgustingly sweaty and hard miles. 12 was the plan but the heat got in the way. I ended up doing 5 outside and the rest on the treadmill. I could have finished out the last half mile but the treadmill stopped (60 minute time limit) and I was spent. Lots of watermelon and coconut water to rehydrate after. My pace outside was around a 9 min/mile and inside was 9:25 ish.
Total: 27.5 miles.
It still does amaze me how people can run miles in the 7 minute range….major props for the whole week no matter what you were “supposed” to do! xoxo
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I’ve been trying to figure how I would track my speed/ tempo workouts on an app when I start training again for my half, and completely forgot about that feature on runkeeper to create your own running workouts. That will help so much!!
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I use my Garmin Forerunner and I love it. It does pace, mileage, time, and calories if I wear the HR monitor, which I haven’t done in a while. It is simple and just what I need. I am not a tech savvy person, so this works for me!
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Ditto the Garmin Forerunner. It was probably the most useful birthday present ever and is great for pace and miles split timing so I would thoroughly recommend. You can then upload all the data to Garmin Connect to save and track your running.
Water is the main drink for me but I often also have a black coffee to perk me up again!
Sounds like a great week of training! I’m not sure if your app will do this, but my Garmin (the 220) will beep at you if you fall outside of a specified pace range, whether you’re too slow or too fast. This almost feels like “cheating,” but it’s so not to have to look at my watch unless it gives me an alert. I’ve started buying protein milkshakes for after my long runs. They’re too expensive for every day, but they’re a nice treat to look forward to!
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If I am not due to have a meal like lunch or breakfast within an hour of a hard session, I also try to have a protein bar or protein smoothie to help with recovery and find it works pretty well! :)
i will have to check my BFs garmin and see if you can set the pace on it to beep. I try not to mess with it much because i’ve got it set right and once did something and screwed it all up. i use map my run app for just basic running when im not super into great accuracy (its a tad over estimating for me vs. garmin) but i dont think it has a pace feature that beeps or anything. i have avoided tempo runs because i think…how will i know what pace im running the entire time without staring at the screen. well that and the fact that they are fast runs and i am not fast : )