M minus 6 weeks

only 35 days til the marathon! yipes! somehow my weekly count in my post titles is off. i guess i should have started with M minus 17. oh well. this week brought my second 20-miler* which was another group run with VCTC peeps, who are awesome. i am back on track with a tuesday run this week as well. lots of treadmill time, unfortunately. with the shorter days, it's tough for me to get home and out for a run and back before dark.

monday - rest
tuesday - 5mi (treadmill)
wednesday - 8mi (treadmill)
thursday - 5mi (treadmill)
friday - rest
saturday - 5mi
sunday - 20mi*

mileage this week = 43
mileage this cycle = 417

*my garmin actually says 19 miles for this run. i didn't get it started right away (locating satellites...) so that was a minor problem. but i compared with others in my group today and everyone else's gps had 20+ so i'm counting it as a 20-miler.

M minus 7 weeks

less than two months to go. crazy! i've noticed i often don't feel like running on tuesday after a long run, even with monday as a rest day. maybe i just need more recovery, i don't know. or maybe it's tough to get back in the swing of things after a day off. anyway, i didn't run tuesday so ended up moving everything one day later, which meant i ran five days in a row this week. was dragging a bit on sunday but all's well that ends well. the knee seems to be much less sore now that i figured out to concentrate on landing on the ball of my foot, especially on inclines. so that is good!

monday - rest
tuesday - rest
wednesday - 5mi
thursday - 5mi (treadmill)
friday - 5mi (treadmill again)
saturday - 8mi
sunday - 13mi

mileage this week = 36
mileage this cycle = 374

M minus 8 weeks

inching closer to the goal. my running club organized a few long training runs, the first of which was 20 miles this weekend, so i adjusted my training plan a bit to take advantage. took an extra rest day early in the week to try and heal the wonky knee, but made up the miles elsewhere during the week.

monday - rest
tuesday - rest (knee)
wednesday - 8mi
thursday - 8mi
friday - rest
saturday - 8mi
sunday - 20mi

mileage this week = 44
mileage this cycle = 338 (three hundred miles?! i think i need new shoes)

M minus 9 weeks

single digit weeks left! whoa! big build this week, ending with a 17 mile long run. i was nervous about this, and ended up tweaking my knee a bit, but i think it will be ok.

monday - rest
tuesday - 4mi (treadmill)
wednesday - 8mi
thursday - 4mi
friday - rest
saturday - 8mi
sunday - 17mi

mileage this week = 41
mileage this cycle = 294

M minus 10 weeks

happy labor day! I'M HALFWAY TO THE MARATHON! HOLY CRAP! this was a cutback week, and good thing too, i'm exhausted. sunday was supposed to be a half marathon race, but i didn't race, just ran the distance on my own.

monday - rest
tuesday - rest
wednesday - 5mi
thursday - 4mi
friday - rest
saturday - 4mi
sunday - 13.1mi

mileage this week = 26
mileage this cycle = 253