After weeks and months of piling up miles and miles and miles, it's now time to fine tune. I was hoping to begin this past week, but with dew points in the 70 to 75 range and coming off multiple 20 milers, I just couldn't get my body to move very fast. I did recovery runs Monday, then a half-hearted progression on Tuesday (8:30 to 7:00), recovery with Como Park Relays on Wednesday, where I ran my 5x1k's at around 3:45 pace. As a team we finished in 37:30. I was fading big time on the last leg. I tried another progression run on Thursday (8:30 to 6:30) which was better, but did it on the treadmill because of the T-storms and extreme dew points. Did my long run on Saturday, which was my 3rd 20-miler in 8 days. I have to admit, I am really getting sick of running on tired legs, every run feels like a slog.
So, with 6 weeks to go, I need to trust that the endurance to run a 2:52 marathon is there, and now focus on intervals, tempos and racing. This is good timing as I have the Victory 10k coming up on Labor Day followed by the City of Lakes Half Marathon the following Sunday. Goals are sub 37 and sub 1:22. So that means a cut back in mileage this week, a mini taper for the 10k, and will probably will forgo anything over 20 miles for the next two weeks. I am sure that my legs will thank me.
Happy Running!
Rick
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