Hail my running brothers and sisters! This week I ran 26.73 miles at an average pace of 8:14/mile. I managed to get in 30 minutes of cross-training/conditioning and topped the scales at 159 lbs even this morning. Not exactly race weight but I can’t complain considering my less-than-spectacular mental crash on my long run yesterday. The only two things significant about this week: I did my first track workout and I couldn’t complete my long run. The track workout went well and showed some promise for my marathon. The long run was a complete disaster. Fortunately for me, I still managed 26 miles this week. So I’m chalking this week up to taper/rest/recovery, putting it behind me, and moving on to next week.
Next week is my official taper week for my 1/2 marathon in Knoxville. I still need to get in my track workout, but otherwise I’ll just get in some easy base mileage before my race on Sunday. I’ll be going up on Saturday, and I hope to catch a couple speakers at the expo. If anyone in Knoxville wants to get together for some carbo-loading dinner, let me know and we’ll try to hook up. All right that’s all I have, and if we don’t talk later, wish me luck! Later kids!
2 comments:
Not a bad week. Not sure what you had difficulty on with the long run, but overall looked good.
Good luck next week.
Nice job this week Joel! When is the half marathon in Knoxville? I will be looking forward to reading your race report! Remember to take pictures to post in your blog:)
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