MCM Training Week 7

Saturday, June 14: 10 miles (road)

Angela and I took off from Rogue a few minutes before the pack at the lovely hour of 5:30am. She was pressed for time because she was heading out of town after the run, so we started out on our own for the first mile or so before we were overtaken by the fast club. The route was hilly, which I think is supposed to be a given, and I struggled with the humidity again in the last few miles...which I am also worried is becoming a given for this time of year. I let Angela go at the halfway turnaround point since she was worried about time, and I was just worried about finishing in that awful humidity. I learned that when I am running over an hour on those Saturday morning runs, I need to bring some additional Tailwind mix with me to use after my first bottle is gone. I had to switch to pure water at mile 6 and it did not sit well in my tummy at that point. I was guilty of waterboarding myself though at that point.

Sunday, June 15: 3 miles (treadmill)

Easy 3 mile recovery run at the gym.

Monday, June 16: 6 miles (treadmill)

I had initially planned to do 7 today, but I got a later start than I had hoped so went with 6 because of time purposes.

Tuesday, June 17: Cross-training

Weights at the gym. No cardio tonight...again, mostly because of time constraints.

Wednesday, June 18: 6.5 miles (road)

Tonight's quality workout consisted of a 1.25 mile warm-up followed by 4 mile repeats at tempo pace (with 3-minute recovery between them) then 1.25 mile cooldown back to Rogue + 4 strides. Bobby had sent out a pace calculator earlier in the week based on our marathon goal time so that we could get an idea of times for the mile repeats tonight. He put us in small groups based on estimated pace. I ended up running each mile in the 8:20-8:30 range. The route included some gradual uphill and downhill, but nothing too severe. My mile splits were way faster than I needed to be running for my marathon goal time, but were fairly comfortable (even in the heat) so I'll just work on being grateful for it.

Thursday, June 19: 4.5 miles (treadmill)

Note to self - don't eat a bunch of chips and salsa before running. My stomach was not happy with me, hence not making it to 5 miles.

Friday, June 20: OFF

Massage. Tight calves as usual. Tight left hamstring, which is somewhat unusual. 

Week 7 Total: 30 miles + 1 Cross-training workout

This is the week where I noticed a huge increase in appetite. I was constantly hungry all week, even after only a short period following a meal or snack. I felt like I was eating everything in sight.