Here's an update on how training is going. I think I'll do this every Sunday until the Marathon in an effort to keep me going. For some reason, I'm really struggling with motivation. I don't know why. Maybe it's the distance. 26.2 does seem pretty intimidating but this was something I really wanted to try. If I really search my feelings (Jedi trick), I think it's because I missed so much training over the election period when things got so busy. Now, I have no motivation because in a lot of ways, I feel like I'm starting over.
Anyways, here's what I've done this week.
Week of December 1st
On Sunday, I did not do a long run. Looking back, I can't even tell you why I didn't run. I just remember thinking, I'll run long on Monday.
Monday came and I did not run long. In fact, I did not run at all. I did to 3 sets of 10 reps for my upper body workout that I got back to doing. I do Shoulder presses, arm curls, triceps extensions, side raises and front raises.
Tuesday I again, failed to run.
On Wednesday, I did 10 push ups but did not run.
On Thursday, I realized it was just 100 days until the Marathon on March 15th and a little something lit up inside. I ran 4 miles and did my upper body exercise routine.
On Friday, I did not run, but that was planned. I did however workout my lower body. I did 3 x 10 split squats and glute bridges.
On Saturday, I planned on running but then ended up Christmas shopping. I figured I'd run later, but we were out all day, and when I did get home and was about to run, my wife reminded me we had a Christmas party to go to that I had completely forgot about.
The Start of a New Week
Sunday, December 8th - just to give you a preview of next week's edition - I planned to run 8 miles. During the run, I thought, let's go 8.75 which is roughly 1/3 of a Marathon. I ended up having to make a small detour and actually ended up running a little bit extra and finished my run at 8.93 miles in 2:07:38. This was approximately a 14:18 pace which is better than the 14:37 I have to maintain to finish the marathon in the time allotted, which is 6.5 hours.
The Hominy creek greenway was very clear from the RV park most of the way until just before the parking lot. It turned out, the trail was closed there. They had work crews cutting downed trees and removing debris so I couldn't finish my run by going that way. I had to turn around and head back toward Carrier Park.
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