5/3/09 - Finals

I had the first final of my second semester of law school yesterday. Finals continue for the next week and a half. My priority right now is definately school, but hopefully I am still able to get in some good training. I did my long this week on thursday because 1) I knew I was going to be busy with finals after that and 2) I knew it was going to start raining on friday. I ran 13 miles on thursday, but I went out way too fast and died around mile 8. I got a "second wind" around mile 11 and was able to finish strong, but miles 8-11 were pretty rough.

I ran 9 today on the treadmill and I felt really good. I ran the second to last mile in 6:40 and the last mile in 6:00. That is according to the treadmill speed guage though, and who knows how accurate those things are. Either way, I am pretty happy with the week.

I can't wait for it to be summer so that I can really focus on my training. Over the past few months I have been able to find a way to squeeze in 30-45 miles and 3 weight sessions a week. However it has been extremely challenging with my busy schedule and commuting to the city everyday. It will be nice to have more time to focus on my runs this summer. I think I will get alot more out of each run when I am able to properly prepare myself for them rather than fitting them into an already busy schedule. I will be doing less of an internship in the city this summer, but it will definately be less of a time commitment than the first year of law school.

This week also sortof marked my transition from more heavy lifting to more running oriented stuff. I am starting to do less squats and deadlifts, and more core work and plyometrics. I will taper away from the weights slowly until about a month out from the race. During the last month, I will only be doing bodyweight exercises. I will, however, be adding speed work on the track instead.

Overall, I got in 42 miles this week, with my best run of the week probably being the 9 on the treadmill today.

Monday - nothing
Tuesday - 9 mile run + weights
Weds - nothing
Thursday - 13 mile run
Friday - 5 miles on treadmill + weights/core
Saturday - 6 miles on treadmill + plyometrics/core
Sunday - 9 miles on treadmill + abs