MONDAY: REST
TUESDAY : RECOVERY RUN / 2 MILES / NO TIME
I understand now the meaning of recovery run. My legs felt like weights and my quads were very sore. Other than than I felt good-not too tired. Saturday is my LAST long run before the marathon . It will hopefully be 22-24 miles. I need to take it easy this week. Next week is the USAF half-marathon so I also need to prep for that.
RUN: 22 MILES / 4:1 / 4:59HRS./ 13:28 AVE PACE
If only today could have been the marathon!!! Everything fell into place. Got up 5:30am ate an egg and cheese sandwich then a banana. Then put on all my technical geek geer(2 watches, mp3 player, GPS, and loaded fuel belt. After reading Galloway ,I changed my ratio from 5:1 to 4:1. I felt really good. I kept looking at my watches-both of them and I stayed on a 13 minute pace. My time at 13.1 was 2:57(what I ran at Indy) I thought I was heading for a crash but felt good until the end.
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY: REST
Beautiful weather but I need to rest for a long run of 22 on Sunday. I think I am going to run on the canal again but I'm not positive.
RUN: 2 MILES-NO TIME
I hate to say it but it was another good run. Felt good and strong. Beautiful sunset. My theme was the song "White Winged Dove" by Stevie Nicks. Dakota and I really cruised along tonight.
Looking ahead to the weekend- Sunday is a 5 1/2 hour run. Need to start the prep. Should be good weather then only a 6 hour run before the marathon.
