I have a small cold but I’m a total baby plus Joan Rivers Fashion Police is on so this will be short and sweet…
Week 12
Monday: 6 mile run
Tuesday: Yoga
Wednesday: Rest
Thursday: Rest day (felt totally fatigued and sick)
Friday: 18 mile run
Saturday: Rest
Sunday: Yoga, 4 mile run
Total miles: 28 miles
Week 13
Monday: 6 mile run
Tuesday: 6 mile run
Wednesday: Rest Day
Thursday: 20 mile run!
Friday: Rest Day
Saturday: 5.5 mile run
Sunday: Yoga
Total miles: 37.5 miles
Week 12 was a little bit rough. We were having a heat wave in CA which I refused to run in so I moved my 18 miler and choose to do yoga on Tuesday instead of running. I felt truly awful on Thursday night hence why there was a double rest day. What can you do? It just wasn’t happening that day. Not a great mileage week but I loved going to yoga twice in one week. That was fantastic. Week 13 was an amazing running week. I hit almost 40 miles. I already blogged about the epic-ness of my 20 mile run. I wanted to get to 8 on Saturday but I was running late to a friend’s party and a cut it short to drink, eat bbq and stuff my face with cake from Sweet Lady Jane. I’m human. I’m excited to start tapering and I’m starting to get very excited for the marathon! This week really solidified in my mind that I can do it.
I want to do a series of posts after the marathon about training and my experience. I’ve gotten feedback that people want to hear about fueling and I want to address body changes that I’ve undergone in the past few months since I started training. Is there anything else you, my wonderful readers, want to know about regarding marathon training? I’m no expect but I can share my experience with you!
I think fueling would be great! I’d love to hear if you have any other random tips/tricks/insight for a first-time marathoner!