This week was supposed to be my last hard week of training before taper. However, I decided to reduce the mileage a little bit this week as well. My right knee started hurting more than usual in the middle of the week, and I did not want to risk an injury at this point. I dropped the mileage down to 42 this week, and will probably do about 40 next week, and finish with about 20 in the last week before race day.
Tuesday was my medium long run and was the best run of the week for me. I ran it in 1:29.16. For those of you who have been following my blog, you know that I've been between 1:29 high and 1:33 the last month or two, so to drop it down to 1:29 low was really good. Especially two days after an 18 miler.
Thursday was an 8 mile tempo run, and was good until the last mile or so. I sorta died at the end but thats okay. It just reassures the fact that I deserve taper. I was planning on doing an easy 4 or 5 on friday, but my knee hurt and I was exhausted so I took the day off.
On Saturday, I did a track workout, which was 5 x 800s. My times werent too impressive, but I wasn't going all out but was rather focusing on easy speed. My times were: 1) 2:52, 2) 2:51, 3) 2:45, 4) 2:43, 5) 2:44. I am going to try to do 3 or 4 800s this week sometime before the track workout next Saturday, probably wednesday. Today was an easy 15 miler. My knee was really hurting for the first 7 or 8 miles, but then went away. I am hoping that as I decrease my mileage, the pain will slowly dissapear and that with the adrenaline and excitement of the race, I won't even feel it during the actual race.
This week overall was 42 miles:
Monday - rest
Tuesday - 13 mile medium long run (1:29.16)
Wednesday - rest
Thursday - 8 mile tempo run
Friday - rest
Saturday - 6 miles overall (5x800s: 1) 2:52, 2) 2:51, 3) 2:45, 4) 2:43, 5) 2:44)
Sunday - 15 mile easy long run
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