Week 7 of marathon training is in the books. Things seem to going good still. Nine weeks to go until I run the Vernonia Marathon. Here’s what I did from Coach Dawn’s plan:
Monday – Plan: Easy 5 w/ 5 x strides. 10-15 sec. Drills before strides or after run.
Actual: Got in the easy 5 miles and 5 strides before work. I did the drills after the run.
Tuesday- Plan: 5 miles easy.
Actual: Had a great start to the day and ran the 5 easy miles.
Wednesday – Plan: Easy hour. Core workout video or routine- A solid 10 minutes
After- Do these 2 videos to build eccentric strength for the downhill. + 5-10 minutes core.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaRaYrYiJjs (Quadruped)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A08BmTVQ-D4 (Box jumpdowns)
Start with 6 reps
Actual: Had a nice easy hour run.
Then did about 15 minutes of T25 Ab intervals. Afterwards, did the videos.
Thursday – Plan: 2 miles easy- add in a few short strides after 1.5 miles
25 minute tempo- Pace- 7:50-55
1.5 miles easy
+ Drills after
Actual: Felt pretty good overall but last 0.19 split from the 25 min tempo was higher. I blame it on a hill.😜Fast splits were 7:50, 7:49, 7:48, 8:11.
Friday – Plan: 30 minutes at recovery pace.
Actual: Had a nice 30 min recovery run.
Saturday – Plan: 13 miles- pace- 8:50ish
3 miles- 8:15-25
Actual: It was hard getting out the door but once I started, I felt good. So good that I went a little fast for the 13 miles and last 3 miles were 8:16, 8:12, and 8:08. Had a great long run. An hour before the run, I ate a Health Warrior Chia Bar. 30 min before the run, I drank about 2 scoops of UCAN. During the run, I hydrated with Nuun about every 2 miles.
Sunday – Plan: Rest day.
Actual: Rest day.
Total miles = 42.46 miles. I’m happy marathon training is going well so far. I feel like I’m improving especially with how my long run went. My heart rate was good. Even my Garmin says my VO2 max increased, not sure how accurate that is but I’ll take it. Thanks to my run coach, Dawn! I think she’s really helping me become a stronger runner. She said this training cycle will be more quality than length so my long runs won’t be as long. So far I’m liking it.
As for highlights of the rest of the week:
We went to the park to play football on three different days. I enjoyed playing pass with them.
We had to get pizza on National Pizza Day. 😛
We also finally watched the movie, Wonder. I thought that was pretty good.
That pretty much wraps up my week. How’d your week go? Any races coming up?
I’m linking up with HoHo Runs and Wendy of Taking the Long Way Home for the Weekly Wrap.
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Happy Running Mom 
Great week of training!
I also celebrated National Pizza Day lol, but your pizza looks way better than mine did hahaha
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Thanks Kim! 🙂
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My son loves the book Wonder but I afraid I’d cry through the whole thing. The previews get me tears. Great week of training!
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Thanks Catherine! My son loved the book too! I was surprised how emotional he got when he watched it but it is a tear jerker.
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So sweet!
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My week definitely wasn’t very exciting.
I think quality over quantity is important!
I wanted to see Wonder, but we haven’t managed to make it to the movies in a long, long time. 😦
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Hope you have a more exciting week this week! 🙂
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Well, my birthday was very good but the rest of the week has been just meh so far. I’m sure more exciting times are ahead of me.
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What a great long run and strong week of training! You sure have some beautiful run spots 🙂
I had pizza too…yummy!
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Thanks Karen! Gotta have pizza on National Pizza day. 🙂
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Great job on your long run. I think getting out there is half the battle. I also had pizza this past weekend. Do we really need a national day for it?
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Thanks Lacey! Haha, I was surprised there was a national day for it but it’s a good excuse to get some pizza. 🙂
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I liked your notes on how you fueled for your long run! I am doing my first Half in May so as my runs get longer I will have to look at fueling which I have not had to do before. Another great week for you!
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Thanks Shathiso! Hope your training is going well!
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NIce job on those miles! We also celebrated National Pizza Day but we order pizza every Friday so there’s that! LOL
Have a great week!
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Thanks Wendy! Lol, yum! Hope you have a great week too!
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I had no idea it was National Pizza Day. But, as luck would have it, we ate pizza from out favorite Greek restaurant. I think your Coach’s plan of quality over quantity will bring you excellent results! I’ve wanted to see Wonder as well but thought it might be sad. Thanks for linking!
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Thanks Holly! Sounds like you had a great pizza. Hope so! Wonder was a good one. Thanks for having the link up!
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I haven’t even heard of Wonder. I will have to check out the previews. Great week for you! You are doing great in training as usual!
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Thanks Sharon! Wonder is a great book too. Trevor and I both read it.
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Looks like a great week of workouts! I like reading all of the positivity on your blog – it inspires me! My week was OK, nothing too exciting workout wise, but I did get to eat a huge burger and Valentine treats last week, so that was a big plus 🙂
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