Marathon Training Week 5 - Mid-Week Recap

Marathon Training Week 5 - Mid-Week Recap

I continue to struggle to find the time to do the things I want to do but I have kept up my running. This week I haven't hit all my distances 100% but have felt pretty good running.

Tuesday's run was suppossed to be 3 miles but only ended up being 2. I believe I ran too close to eating dinner because I never really felt right running and I kept getting side stitches no matter how I adjusted by breathing or pace. At 2 miles I felt like my shorts might be chafing and I had had a side stitch for over .5 mile without being able to get rid of it so I just called it a run. I was a bit bummed, but I believe even with the issues I was having I could have finished the run if it was a race.

Yesterday was the midweek run of 5 miles this week. I went out to a new park that has an 8k 'trail' run and actually had a great run. I met a friend out there who isn't as far along as I am with running but he was able to keep up with my pace for the most part. We got 2.5 miles in before he was dying and needed to walk. Not wanting to run off an leave him we walked for 3 minutes before getting another 7 minutes or so in before another quick walk. At that point we were close to a 'loop' and I got him to run out the remainder. He ran 3.5 miles in about 40 minutes which I was really impressed he was able to keep up and do. Given the walking I believe we kept up a pretty decent pace. I kept running and did another side trail and when I was circling back around my car it was just over 50 minutes so I decided to call it. I ended up being about .4 miles short of my mileage but felt great overall and given the walking I'm sure I could have finished the run 'on pace'. Not sure how often I'll go back out to this park but it's nice.

I'm finding that I am needing to break up my running routine some. The same 1 mile course was fine when it was 2-3 miles at a time for 8-10 a week. But doing the same look for 20-30 miles a week is going to drive me insane.

Feeling good overall. Can't wait for the extra work that I've picked up to die down so I can get back to sleeping a more regular schedule and relaxing. With everything going on I'm struggling sometimes to cope with the added stresses which isn't something I normally struggle with. Luckily I haven't fallen off the eating wagon this week so hopefully we'll be able to see some progress this next weigh-in.

That's all for this update. Might try to update again after my run tonight, but I'll definitely get my 10 mile update in if I don't before.