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Monday, September 24, 2018

Madison Marathon Training: Week 10 Recap

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Week 10 came.

My son was sick which threw a wrench in my intended plan once.  I opted to continue conversation with some of my oldest girlfriends and thereby spillover into my run time which threw another wrench in my plan, although I was happy to throw this wrench in my plan myself.  On top of this all, I had a lot of trouble sleeping last week.  ARGH.

Week 10 went.

I did as much running as I could muster and fell 4.67 miles short of my weekly mileage target.  Good thing last week was a cut-back week.

Sunday Sept 16
Plan says:  Easy 6 miles

What I did:  6 miles, 50:16 (8:22 avg pace).

Monday Sept 17
Plan says:  1.5 mile warm up, 3x1600 meter repeats with 600m recovery, 1.5 mile cool down

What I did:  This went well - I felt good.  Much better than 3x1600m from two weeks ago.

1.5 miles, 13:47 (9:11 avg)

1 mile, 6:05 / 0.37 miles recovery, 4:12 (11:16 avg pace)
1 mile, 5:58 / 0.26 miles recovery, 2:58 (11:17 avg pace) *I inadvertantly hit my lap button which caused the workout to advance, thus cutting this recovery time short.
1 mile, 6:06 / 0.37 miles recovery, 3:28 (9:19 avg pace)

1.6 miles, 14:06 (8:49 avg pace)

Tuesday Sept 18
Plan says:  Try to get in easy 8 so I can take Saturday off again

What I did:  Off - My son was home sick from school. Guess I will be running on Saturday.

Wednesday Sept 19
Plan says:  1.5 mile warm up, 8 miles tempo (goal: 6:52), 1.5 mile cool down

What I did:  Another decent tempo in the books.  I felt absolutely GASSED at the end of the tempo.  I recently switched to trying Honey Stinger gels and I don't know that they have enough gas for my usual plan of taking a gel every 5 miles.

1.5 miles, 12:57 (8:39 avg pace)
8 miles, 54:36 (6:49 avg pace)
1.5 miles, 13:25 (8:55 avg pace)

Thursday Sept 20
Plan says: easy 6 miles

What I did: What a day.  I overslept, had a long day at the office, and then spent most of the night at my kids' school for parent information night.  I took an unplanned rest day.

Friday Sept 21
Plan says:  easy 10 miles

What I did:  I had 26 miles to make it to the weekly mileage for my plan so I thought I could easily do two 13 mile runs to cap off the week instead of the planned two 10 mile runs.

This was the first day where I truly felt and smelled fall in the air.  A rave run for sure.

13.11 miles, 1:43:20 (7:53 avg pace)

Saturday Sept 22
Plan says:  long 10 miles

What I did:  I spent Friday night at the lake home of one of my best friend's dad's so I was excited to do a run around a new-to-me place.  As I said earlier, we were up early on Saturday morning but the coffee was too good (hello Jura), the coversation too great and I didn't get out to do my run until late morning and I only had an hour to run before I had to get to my SIL's baby shower.  Oops.  It was another beautiful fall morning run though!

8.1 miles, 1:04:23 (7:57 pace)

Plan Total: 50 miles
What I did: 45.33 miles

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