It finally feels like spring! The sun is out and I got a good 13 miler in today. Running outdoors vs. running on the treadmill is a totally different ballgame. There are so many other variables to deal with: random hills, wind, other people in the way, heat, sun in your eyes, cars, crossing the street, gravel... The biggest difference however is the pavement. Treadmills are rather shock absorbant. After running on mostly treadmills for a few weeks, I was not used to the pounding and impact on the knees that I was exposed to today. It was a good reminder that I can't do all my training on the treadmill! Many marathon training programs actually recommend that you do your long runs on trails to prevent the effects of constant pounding on pavement. I may hit the trails once I start putting in more mileage this summer, but then again... none of the 26.2 miles is going to be on a treadmill or on a trail, so might as well get used to it.
For my long today, I wore my heart rate monitor. I usually dont like wearing it unless I am actually using it to train, but I was interested as to what my heart rate would be. This was because on Friday I had a doctors appointment. The nurse was getting my resting heart rate and she looks at me and says:"umm... are you like a runner or something?" Little did she know that was a huge complement. She said that she got my HR at 44bmp, and usually that means you are some sort of endurance athlete. I told her I was :). But anyways, my average heart race for the run was 139, and my highest heart rate was 154, which was probably on one of the hills.
This was my highest weekly total so far, at 38. Pretty close to the 40 miles a week that I have been hoping to get to. If I go a little slower on friday, I can add 2 miles there and keep everything else the same. That would be a reasonable routine that I should be able to follow for another few weeks. Either way, tomorrow will be a well deserved rest day!
Monday - rest
Tuesday - 8 miles on treadmill+ weights
Weds - rest
Thurs - 8 miles on treadmill + weights
Friday - 4 miles fast (about 6:30 pace)
Saturday - 5 miles on treadmill + weights
Sunday - 13 miles (took 1 hour 43 mins, which is 7:55 pace)
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