If you are interested in reading more about my training leading up to Austin, here's a link to that blog (which was the impetus for this one!).
http://austinmarathontraining.blogspot.com/
Monday, January 31, 2011
Week 15
Did I already mention that I'm officially on taper?!?!??!
Monday - 5 @ 9:51
Tuesday - 5 @ 10:17
Wednesday - 8 @ 9:43
Thursday - 5 @ 10:08
Friday - rest
Saturday - 22 @ 10:12
Sunday - rest
I ran a grand total of 45 miles last week which is a record high mileage for me. I was tired, for sure, but it wasn't unreasonable and I was still able to manage my extracurriculars. I found that my hunger level did go up quite a bit - luckily, I didn't feel badly at all at indulging:). I'll obviously need to watch that during the next three weeks because I'd rather not add pounds to lug all over Austin! I'm going to try to really enjoy this taper by getting lots of rest and being ready to put my best race together. I'm going to need the rest since I'm planning to run another marathon just seven weeks later!!
Monday - 5 @ 9:51
Tuesday - 5 @ 10:17
Wednesday - 8 @ 9:43
Thursday - 5 @ 10:08
Friday - rest
Saturday - 22 @ 10:12
Sunday - rest
I ran a grand total of 45 miles last week which is a record high mileage for me. I was tired, for sure, but it wasn't unreasonable and I was still able to manage my extracurriculars. I found that my hunger level did go up quite a bit - luckily, I didn't feel badly at all at indulging:). I'll obviously need to watch that during the next three weeks because I'd rather not add pounds to lug all over Austin! I'm going to try to really enjoy this taper by getting lots of rest and being ready to put my best race together. I'm going to need the rest since I'm planning to run another marathon just seven weeks later!!
Saturday, January 29, 2011
22 Miler
I ran 22 miles this morning and am now officially on taper!!!! I love taper:). I started my run from OMSI with two friends who were running 8 miles. My marathon training partner was mysteriously missing (I found out after that she was okay, just overslept and not feeling very good). Since I was supposed to have a partner for the duration, I didn't bring my iPod and was initially not very happy to have to run 14 miles solo and without tunes. I quickly decided not to worry about it and just enjoy the companionship that I did have for the early miles.
We headed south along the Springwater Trail towards the Sellwood Bridge. Once over the bridge and heading north along the Waterfront, one of my friends was slowing down and not sure that she'd make the whole 8 miles. We slowed down some and she managed to hang in there until 7 miles. She decided to walk it in from there so we were down to just two of us. The Hawthorne Bridge marked 8 miles and the beginning of my solo run. I continued on past the Steele Bridge and headed down Naito for two miles. The 11 mile mark was my turn around and I headed back the way I came with a brief stop at a construction site's port-a-potty.
As I made my way back to the Waterfront, I was feeling good... my legs were a bit tired and I started making an effort to drink at each mile to make sure that I didn't let myself get dehydrated. I had to make another stop at the bathrooms at OHSU and then had a tough time getting back up to my cruising speed. As I came back off of the Sellwood Bridge, I realized that I only had about 3.5 miles left - WOOHOO!!! I decided that I'd try to pick up the pace for the last 3 miles... which I thought I was doing until I actually checked my Garmin with 2.5 left and I'd actually slowed down!! Oh well, I decided that I'd wait and rock out that final mile. Which I did:).
All in all, it was a good run even if it was a bit lonely. Here's the nitty gritty:
Mile 1 - 10:12
2 - 10:02
3 - 10:09
4 - 10:48
5 - 10:50
6 - 10:35
7 - 10:57
8 - 10:20
9 - 9:52
10 - 9:59
11 - 10:07
12 - 10:09
13 - 10:04
14 - 10:00
15 - 9:48
16 - 10:26
17 - 9:51
18 - 10:08
19 - 10:04
20 - 10:22
21 - 10:22
22 - 9:29
Overall - 3:44:37/10:12
We headed south along the Springwater Trail towards the Sellwood Bridge. Once over the bridge and heading north along the Waterfront, one of my friends was slowing down and not sure that she'd make the whole 8 miles. We slowed down some and she managed to hang in there until 7 miles. She decided to walk it in from there so we were down to just two of us. The Hawthorne Bridge marked 8 miles and the beginning of my solo run. I continued on past the Steele Bridge and headed down Naito for two miles. The 11 mile mark was my turn around and I headed back the way I came with a brief stop at a construction site's port-a-potty.
As I made my way back to the Waterfront, I was feeling good... my legs were a bit tired and I started making an effort to drink at each mile to make sure that I didn't let myself get dehydrated. I had to make another stop at the bathrooms at OHSU and then had a tough time getting back up to my cruising speed. As I came back off of the Sellwood Bridge, I realized that I only had about 3.5 miles left - WOOHOO!!! I decided that I'd try to pick up the pace for the last 3 miles... which I thought I was doing until I actually checked my Garmin with 2.5 left and I'd actually slowed down!! Oh well, I decided that I'd wait and rock out that final mile. Which I did:).
All in all, it was a good run even if it was a bit lonely. Here's the nitty gritty:
Mile 1 - 10:12
2 - 10:02
3 - 10:09
4 - 10:48
5 - 10:50
6 - 10:35
7 - 10:57
8 - 10:20
9 - 9:52
10 - 9:59
11 - 10:07
12 - 10:09
13 - 10:04
14 - 10:00
15 - 9:48
16 - 10:26
17 - 9:51
18 - 10:08
19 - 10:04
20 - 10:22
21 - 10:22
22 - 9:29
Overall - 3:44:37/10:12
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Welcome!!
If you were following our Austin training blog, I hope that you'll continue to follow my adventures here!
For those of you who also run (newbies and seasoned marathoners both!), while this might not inspire you to start your own running blog, if the urge to put down some words about running should strike, I'd love to host guest contributors! So, if you'd like to share about how running makes you feel, what inspires your or a particularly meaningful race... please feel free to let me know.
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