Sorry I haven’t written in a couple of days. It’s been hectic. Let’s recap:
Wednesday: felt very tired from Tuesday’s speed work so I rested
Thursday: 8 miles slow, run from work to home
Friday: a mile warm up, 3 miles ‘brisk’ at half-marathon pace, mile cool down
Saturday: rest
Today: repeat of last Sunday’s 19 miles slow.
The weather was certainly better today, much cooler and I had fluid the whole time. Only bummer was my Garmin was dead so I had to just guess at the pacing the whole time. I think I may have managed just a bit too fast at times as the feet were screaming by the end, as they tend to do. It really is a shame. I know I can run but my damn biomechanics think otherwise. More core work and foam rolling awaits me this week in preparation for Sunday’s 22 miles. That will be the longest run of the training. Some people will run the full 26 miles or just over but conventional thinking is not to do so. With high mileage injuries are fraught (as I’m clearly showing) and so you keep it just under the full distance, trusting the atmosphere and your legs to carry you the full 26.2 on the day. Here we go, four weeks left.