Week #1 Marathon Training

Week #1
Run: 28.5
Bike: 0
ST: 3 hours


Now that I'm not that sore from the ST workouts, I will be able to incorporate more bike training. I'm happy with my week. My key training is obviously running and the runs were very good for the week.

Run: 15 miles
1-10.5 @ 10:05
10.5 - 15 @ 10:20

Saturday's long run was all over the place. The morning started with this:

4:56 a.m. and already 82 degrees.

Christy and I headed north to the park and saw a couple of lightning flashes but didn't think much of them because they were so far off in the distance. We could barely hear the thunder that's how far away they were. By our very scientific method of counting the seconds between lightning and thunder. we guessed the lightning was at least 24 miles away. We reached the park and got to our meeting spot at 6. It was still pitch black and that's when the lightning and thunder really started to be an issue. We knew we wouldn't be running the scheduled 10 miles in the park and our only hope was that the people we were meeting would be able to give us a ride back to our cars. We waited 10 minutes and decided it was time to literally make a run for it and hope to outrun the storm and get back to our cars (5 miles) without incident. The good news is that the temperature and humidity dropped significantly - it had to be a 10 degree difference. Had it not been for the lightning, the cooler temps and slight drizzle would've been perfect running conditions!

Just as we got out of the park and to the main road (putting our total miles at 6), our knight in shining armour housewife in a blue minivan came to our rescue. Our dear friend Jen, woke to the sound of the storm and came to the park specifically to rescue us. Good thing, too, because as we drove back to our cars the rain started to come down so hard we could barely see.


Typical to Florida, once back at our cars, the weather was fine. We ran an additional 4.5 miles staying close in case the weather took a turn for the worst. By that point, we were out of water and called it a day. I got home and finished the remaining 4.5 miles on the treadmill. Despite the crazy patchwork miles, I ended up with a solid 15 mile run.