Third week of hitting 50 miles for my weekly miles. I’m happy with the consistent mileage but too many of my miles were concentrated on the long run (20/51). Needless to say I was very hungry after the long run!
I took 2 rest days: my usual rest day on Monday and Sunday. I stayed up too late after taking a late nap last Sunday and a late surprise storm (1-hour downfall with 40+ mph winds). These are excuses and I need to be more accountable.
While I need to focus on my upcoming trail race, I am also doing something I try to avoid – looking ahead of schedule. I would enter week 3 of an 18-week half marathon training block for the Aramco Houston Half Marathon. I’ve committed to no more marathons the rest of the year and focusing on the half marathon.
I think a break from marathon training will be good for me. Half the race won’t mean half as difficult. I would like to keep my weekly mileage between 55-65 and peak around 70-75 miles. I will also focus on 2 quality sessions during the cycle: track/tempo on Tuesday and long run workout on Saturday. The main goal is to PR (1:21:54 or 6:15/mile) but the stretch goal is sub 6:00/mile pace (1:18:30). I believe 2 big sessions will help increase my threshold to handle sub 6:00/mile effort over the duration of a half marathon. I’m still in the early stages of developing a detailed training plan but I will provide updates each week!
Week 12 Training Details:
Monday (September 19, 2022)
- Rest day
- Also needed to prepare for a big week of work. Several deliverables and strict timelines are filling my calendar and workload
Tuesday (September 20, 2022)
- I made up for the rest day with an early start with Matt
- I did my best to keep up by running 800M reps at his 1KM pace
- I made it through 6 before switching to 400M
- 4 miles of track is more than usual and I want 4-5 miles (excluding tempo miles) to be the new standard for Houston Half training
Wednesday (September 21, 2022)
- No friends to join me for flag pole hill so I went to Luke’s social run
Thursday (September 22, 2022)
- the Second week in a row I have overslept for the Thursday run
- Included 3 MP miles in the middle to keep the run time shorter
Friday (September 23, 2022)
- A good start to a Friday with early miles
- Glad Matt was feeling sluggish because I was moving slowly too
Saturday (September 24, 2022)
- No fast miles but the heat made this 20 miler a beating
- Crossing my fingers that this is the last hot week of fall!
Sunday (September 25, 2022)
- Rest Day
- Woke up at 2 am sharp to watch the Berlin Marathon (what a race by Kipchoge! 2:01:09 and a new world record!!)
- I fell asleep between the 15KM and 25KM mark but I caught the end
- Unfortunately this was also the end of any normal sleep because I slept through most of the morning
