It’s time I do as I said I would long ago, write a weekly training recap on Sundays! I took an ENTIRE week off of EVERYTHING after the CIM and felt some serious post-race blues. Post-marathon syndrome is real! Google it! My body enjoyed the rest, but my mind didn’t like it.
Last week I jumped back in hard, spinning three times and running by feel on six days, twice on Sunday! We had our second annual Rupert Runners Christmas Fun Run, and then I headed out for 13k solo.
we made the front page LOL
My endorphins seem back to normal now and I’m ready for another build-up! This time around, I’ll be running the Sprouts Mesa-Phoenix Marathon on February 24th in Arizona and Lifelong Endurance will prepare me for this over the next ten weeks! I signed up for this race last February, the day after the event (couldn’t resist the earlyest-bird pricing) and it will be my seventh full marathon. Don’t get me wrong, I am REALLY excited about this, but it is not my goal race of the spring, which I’ll tell you about soon after making plans with Coach Andrew!! For now, I commit to recapping the ten weeks leading up to Mesa-PHX before heading there strong and ready to have a good time and gain more experience in the marathon distance! Here I go.
Monday, December 18th
7k aerobic evening run
30min of functional strength exercises: flutter kicks, Russian twists, lunges, split squats, bridges and planks!
Tuesday, December 19th
10k aerobic morning run
Discovered I was at 2850 km for the year…and an Instagram friend encouraged me to chase down 3000…so I started!
Run #2 in the evening, 6km super easy
Wednesday, December 20th
Early Bird Spin with Karen at K2 Cycle Fusion!
10k easy night run with my girl Jess!
Steph Rothstein socks ❤
Thursday, December 21st
10k fartlek on the treadmill before work, by-feel pick-ups up to 2min at a time
too Wintery out for fast running
#chasing3000 run number two:
Friday, December 22nd
12k aerobic run on a beauty day off!!
Saturday, December 23rd
20k nice and easy! Crys met me at 8k and joined for 7 kilometers 🙂
look at what Crystal got me for Christmas!!
Sunday, December 24th
Recovery-style 5km
That’s it! Merry Christmas!
Not to be a creepy stalker or anything, but I’ll be at this race too. I started reading you because I saw this post and it caught my eye. 🙂
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Sweet!!!!! That’s awesome I’m stoked have you run it before?
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Nope! My first time. Some of my friends are doing the full and I was suffering from FOMO, so I decided to join in the fun with the half.
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Yes Awesome!!! Maybe we can hive five at the #werunsocial meetup
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