Well today was supposed to be my first long run of my "let's dive back into marathon training" schedule. My mid-week runs went better than I had expected, and I decided that today I was going to do a long run of 10 miles.
Here are the reasons that I thought I could do it
1. I knew I needed to take it slower. I wasn't going to run hard, I had just planned to keep going.
2. I've been taking better care of my nutrition and my hydration. I've had a lot of water to drink all week, dehydration was not going to be a problem.
3. I've run 2 marathons! 10 miles is no problem, right?
Here are the reasons that I think this didn't work, and my run stopped at 7.52 miles.
1. No breakfast. run on an empty stomach I said. I will burn more body fat I said. I'll at least bring a gel next time.
2. I wasn't as prepared as I thought I was. While I think that I have retained some of the fitness from my previous marathons, I think that I have more to rebuild than I had previously thought.
3. I need to do more stretching, strengthening, and take care of my nutrition better between runs. I think I need to do more to set myself up for a successful long run by preparing in advance.
4. I decided to forgo my rest day, and spend 30 minutes on the elliptical. I think my legs might have been a little too tired.
Oh well. Better luck next week. Time to restock my gel supply, and to get my hands on some yummy Nuun tabs :)
I went ahead and laid out my training plan up until the marathon. In general, here is the formula that I'm going with -
M- Cross train (walking, cycling, or elliptical).
T - 3 mile run, speedier than my other runs.
W - 6 miles.
Th - 3 miles.
F - Rest
Sa - Long run (peak at 18 miles)
Su - 3 miles.
I want to add a run on Sunday after my long runs so that I can get used to running on tired legs. I know that ideally, I should be peaking my long runs at 20 or 22 miles, but after today I feel like this would be a more reasonable goal to aspire to.
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