9 weeks to go....I missed week 10 :)

Trying to keep up with this is difficult....

I missed last week so briefly I ran 23 miles the week of March 13th. I had a longer 8 mile run on the 19th and a couple 6 mile runs worked in throughout the week along with training with my personal trainer.

Exciting news....I bought new running shoes. Probably the most $$ I've ever spent but I need a really good pair that are not going to hurt my feet for this long race. So... I had Nike Vamaros (not sure if that is how you spell it) and they were fine but they made my toes numb after about 6 miles and I wasn't super pleased with how they felt after my 1/2 marathon. So, I went to a running store last week and got fitted for Saucony ProGrid Ride 3's (in pink and black...my favorite colors). I LOVE them. Way more room in the toe area and they have some shock thing in the heel that transfers the impact out through your shoe. They feel amazing. I've been running in them for a 2 wks. No foot pain or numbness...Finally!!!

This week I upped my mileage I ran 6 miles Monday, 2 Tuesday I also trained with my trainer on Tuesday for an hour, 6 Thursday, I did an hour of kickboxing on Friday (which I don't recommend the day before a long run!!!!) and I did a LONG 12 mile run yesterday. It hurt! My legs were so sore from kickboxing I did about a 10 minute...or a little less which is SLOW for me but that's the only way I was getting in the mileage this week. So for this week a total of 26 miles. Now if I just put that together in 1 day at one time I would almost be at marathon distance. That's a disturbing thought :) !!!! I'm trying more for miles..just getting them in than speed right now.

I leave today for Buffalo, NY until Wed. for a class for work so my mileage is going to drop this week which lucky for me it was supposed to anyway. I won't be getting in much this week but I will do my best. I have 4 long runs left. A 14 miler starting a week from next Saturday, 16 miles, 18 miles and the big yuck I hate to say it... 20 miler uggggghh!!!

I feel like running is my life. I'm going to admit I'm getting burned out. I'm excited for it to be over. I don't think I will train for a marathon again. It is a lot of work. My 1/2 was a lot of work but nothing like this. 1/2 marathons you can train for a couple months 3 days a week. Marathons are an almost everyday commitment. I'm running 5 days a week. 24+ miles in those 5 days, and I don't like the long Saturday runs. I'm wiped for the day after those. So...that is the past couple weeks. 9 more weeks of hard training....1 week of easy training . 11 weeks until race day :)

11 weeks to go

Our friends from Baltimore just left :( ... We had a great weekend at the beach and just hanging out visiting with them. I did get my running in while they were here. YAY me...I'm usually a slacker if I have a reason to be. So, for week 10 of training I completed it with on Friday I ran 6 miles and Saturday I ran 4 1/2. I took Wed/Thurs off this past week so I'm ready for a mileage increase this week.....I think.
*Tomorrow the plan is to run 7 miles, I train on Tuesday with my Personal Trainer and I will try and do a couple miles before that. I have an hour of kickboxing on Thursday so probably no running then...if so it will only be a mile or two. Friday I have a 6 mile run planned but I might move that to Wed due to Saturday being a longer run day with an 8 mile run. So total mileage going up this week to around 23-25 miles.

11 weeks left of hard training. 13 weeks until race day :)

This updating my blog about my training is going to be harder than I thought :)

So...I have been away for work quite a bit lately but I have been trying to keep up with my running schedule as much as I can when you are away from home and out of your normal routine.

While I was in Baltimore I didn't do very well. Then I was away this past week also so starting to train that week was too difficult. I did run 4 miles every day I was gone but nothing more than that.

So this week I am really starting "serious" training. I ran 4 miles yesterday which was March 7th. I also trained with my personal trainer for about 45 minutes after that doing arms and abs. Today I ran 3 miles and did 1 hour of bootcamp. It was my last bootcamp for 4 weeks so I can concentrate on just running. Thank goodness cause it about killed me tonight :). We did all legs and abs...not so fun after just running 4 miles yesterday and 3 before bootcamp :)!!! Tomorrow March 9th I am going to run 4 miles and then I have other runs planned for the rest of the week. We will see how it goes. Our friends are coming down from Baltimore so we want to hang out with them so this weekend I will see how much I can get in without missing time with them. I'm planning 7 miles on Friday and 4-6 on Saturday. We will see. I'm trying to increase my mileage to between 20-25 miles this week...more next week.

So that is what I have been doing to train the past couple weeks. It's hard. I feel like running is my life right now. I hope it gets easier, somedays the little runs are the hardest. I still think I'm crazy to think I can do 26.2 miles but we will see. I still have a long way to go to be ready and not a lot of time...about 10-11 weeks of training left. YIKES!!!!