Marathon Training Log: Week 6

Week 6 mileage: 65.7
Current marathon pace: 6:55 (3:01 marathon) - 7:00 (3:04 marathon)

Weekly Summary
Monday, Feb 06, 2017 thru Sunday, Feb 12, 2017

Day	Miles	Pace	Description	Link
Tue	10.0	8:19	Easy 10	strava
Wed	14.0	7:41	MLR	strava
Thu	5.8	8:29	Recovery miles	strava
Fri	12.1	7:33	MLR	strava
Sat	5.8	8:18	Recovery miles	strava
Sun	18.0	7:21	SLR w 10 @ MP	strava
	65.7	7:48

Mon 2/6/17
Workout: Rest day
Notes: I typically weigh myself every Monday morning and record the result to keep track and make sure I'm not losing (or gaining) big chunks week to week. Thus far, I've lost 3 pounds and am only 1.5 pounds away from my low point during the last marathon training cycle.

Tue 2/7/17
Workout: Easy/Recovery 10
Notes: Warm. Shorts! Easy 10 miles. Felt tight, sore still from the half, so not so easy. Last week of the Endurance mesocycle (Per Pfitz, he breaks down training into four cycles; endurance, lactate threshold + endurance, race prep, taper).

Wed 2/8/17
Workout: 14 mile MLR
Notes: Warm. Crazy warm. 60's in early February! Planned to do this medium long run by feel since I didn't want to push it so soon after NOLA. First 7 easy-ish, loosened up pretty quickly so decided to do the back 7 at aerobic (7:34, 7:20, 7:27, 7:24, 7:14, 7:24, 7:15) - ended up being a bit faster than I wanted. Pace was fine, but legs were really tired.

Thu 2/9/17
Workout: 5.8 recovery miles
Notes: Cold. Ridiculously windy. Light snow. Easy recovery miles.

Fri 2/10/17
Workout: 12 mile MLR
Notes: Cold. Winter cold. 3 easy, 9 aerobic (7:36, 7:35, 7:29, 7:23, 7:23, 7:21, 7:14, 7:14, 7:02)

Sat 2/11/17
Workout: 5.8 recovery miles
Notes: Mild. Easy recovery miles.

Sun 2/12/17
Workout: 18 mile long run with 10 miles at marathon pace
Notes: Cold. Light rain. Windy. First 3 easy, 3 aerobic (7:44, 7:36, 7:33), 10 @ marathon pace (7:01, 7:01, 6:57, 6:55, 6:51, 6:55, 6:52, 7:00, 7:00, 6:57), 2 warm down. Not ideal conditions out there. Felt pretty good through 7 miles at MP, then went into head wind the last 3 and started to feel fatigued. Overall, averaged 6:57 for the MP miles, and 7:22 over the 18. Also on the encouraging side, last marathon cycle had me only getting up 9 miles at marathon pace. This time around, I've eclipsed that one-third of the way through training. Progress!