Sunday, January 16, 2011

Week One of Marathon Training Complete!

Well week one of marathon training is in the books! Overall, it was a pretty successful week.

Monday- First day of marathon training which also happened to be a rest day! You have to love starting your training by doing absolutely nothing! Of course I do put stock away at work so I suppose I could count that as a weight workout--most of the cases are close to 30lbs!

Tuesday- 3 mile tempo run on the indoor track at the Y! Think I got into the groove a little too much after my 9:30 warm-up mile. My plan was to run aroun 8:25 pace for my tempo miles however I ran them in 7:58 and 7:59 respectively. Go figure my overall pace of 8:28 for the three miles was quite close to my intended tempo pace.

Wednesday- Easy 5 miler on the treadmill while watching My Big Fat Greek Wedding...maybe if I put some windex on my legs they won't be sore!

Thursday- 3 miles with two .25 mile "hill repeats" on the treadmill. This was a tough one for me. I felt like I was going to fly off the back of the treadmill during the "hills". I followed the "hill workout" with 20 minutes of jump roping. My calves were definitely feeling the burn! I may want to reconsider which day I get my jump rope workout in!

Friday- Cross training day. 2.5 miles (30 minutes) on the elliptical while watching The Bucket List. Found this movie choice very appropriate since completing a marathon is on my bucket list.

Saturday- 5 miles on the indoor track at the Y. I was trying to run at a nice easy pace but I was in the groove and ended up running just under 9 minute mile pace. Oops!

Sunday- Today Jenn and I ran 9 miles. My legs (as well as Jenn's) felt like lead out there today. I don't know if it was a result of the increased intensity of the workouts this week or the snow on the trail or a combination of both but Jenn and I powered through those 9 miles. We didn't quit! It's these types of runs that are going to make us stronger in the end. There are no guarantees one of us won't have lead legs on marathon day so we knew we had to be strong and power through it. You have to be prepared for ANYTHING on race day!

Looking forward to week two of training and doing it all over again...well maybe minus the lead legs from today!!

Keep running, you're simply the best, and you inpsire me!!

9 comments:

  1. Woo-hoo!! Yay for marathon training! :) Nice job! I laughed out loud at the windex comment...I love that movie!! :)

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  2. Great Job....and proud that you refrained from negativity...
    You will (or should I say you, Jenn and I will) FINISH the marathon....

    Remember, everything will not go as planned during training...but the end result, due to our learning experiences throughout...WILL go as planned

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  3. Great job on one week of training down! I hate the lead legs feeling but good for you for powering through!

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  4. Hooray! Congrats on rocking week 1 of your marathon training :)

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  5. Good work out there, especially in that weather!

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  6. Great job Jodi! I always think the first week is the hardest!

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  7. Well done Jodie, maybe some of the advice Lee Troop and I will also help you with your goal. Marathon-trainingschedule.com

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  8. Jodi - you are really going to put together a great cycle here ramping up to Cleveland. When the weather breaks you are going to be right in the toughest (and best!) part of your schedule getting stronger and stronger.

    I don't think you are going to be needing any help over that final mile this time around. But just know I've got your back down here in Texas.

    Go get 'em Jodi!

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