Marathon Training Log: Week 9

Week 9: 80.5 miles


Weekly Summary
Monday, Feb 27, 2017 thru Sunday, Mar 05, 2017

Day	Miles	Pace	Description	Link
Mon	5.8	8:18	Recovery miles	strava
Mon	4.1	8:29	Monday Daily Double	strava
Tue	9.1	7:30	9 steady	strava
Wed	15.1	7:27	MLR w 5 @ MP	strava
Thu	8.0	8:24	Headwind, tailwind, crosswind, all the wind	strava
Fri	13.1	7:32	Medium long run finishing faster	strava
Sat	7.4	7:57	Easy miles + strides	strava
Sun	18.0	7:11	SLR w 12 @ MP (6:48 avg) "comfortably uncomfortable"	strava
	80.6	7:40

Mon 2/27/17
Workout: AM: 5.8 recovery miles, PM: 4.1 recovery miles
Notes: morning weigh-in: 173.6 / Easy recovery miles AM. Easy recovery miles PM. Planning to continue doubles and #nodaysoff as long as my body doesn't indicate otherwise.

Tue 2/28/17
Workout: 9 miles steady
Notes: Warm-ish. 2 warmup, 7 aerobic/steady (7:26, 7:23, 7:22, 7:20, 7:23, 7:28, 7:20). Felt mostly comfortable. Big mileage week ahead; planning to hit 80, which will probably be my peak mileage this cycle give or take a mile or two.

Wed 3/1/17
Workout: 15 mile medium long run
Notes: March! In like a lion. Or is that April? At least all these miles will allow me to have SEVERAL shamrock shakes this month. 4 mi warmup, 4 mi aerobic (7:34, 7:35, 7:18, 7:10), 5 @ ~MP (6:51, 6:37, 6:50, 6:52, 6:48), 2 warm down. Legs definitely fatigued. Feeling pretty drained.

Thu 3/2/17
Workout: 8 recovery miles
Notes: XTREME wind. Easy recovery miles.

Fri 3/3/17
Workout: 13 mile medium long run fast finish
Notes: Cold. Less wind though. Progressive medium long run, trying to keep it loose and comfortable (8:41, 8:16, 8:01, 7:43, 7:34, 7:32, 7:22, 7:22, 7:14, 7:06, 6:49, 6:51, 7:28).

Sat 3/4/17
Workout: 7 recovery miles + 6 strides
Notes: Cold. Windy. Sad. Easy recovery miles plus 6 strides

Sun 3/5/17
Workout: 18 mile long run w/ 12 @ MP
Notes: 4 mile warmup then 12 at marathon pace (6:58, 6:58, 6:47, 6:45, 6:49, 6:47, 6:48, 6:47, 6:45, 6:53, 6:48, 6:38). Marathon pace miles were "comfortably uncomfortable." This was a big confidence booster that I may be ready for a sub 3 hour marathon at Eugene. Probably one of the 3 most singular important workouts of the cycle. Really pumped to have executed strongly.