Chicago Marathon training, week #10 recap:
- Miles run: 49.9
- Miles biked: zero – no time and mini-taper
- Pilates: 2 times
- Core: 2 times
The details:
- M: 8.1 miles (7:51) (Progression run paces from MP to 10k)
- T: 10.25 miles (8:01) (w/ 7 at MP)
- W: 8.4 miles(7:41) (w/ 3 x 2 mile repeats at diff goal paces 6:54; 7:21; 7:36)
- Th: pilates
- F: 6 miles (9:08) (w/ 5 x 100m strides)
- Sa: 3 miles (8:37)
- Su: Women’s Half Marathon 1:42:32 (7:48) and 1 mile warm up
I can’t believe there is only 6 weeks of training left. 3 1/2 hard weeks and then 2 1/2 weeks of taper! Although this week is a cut back week in mileage (but still lots of quality). Focus for the next weeks for me NEEDS to be food – I feel big and icky from eating and drinking like crap. I know I sound like a broken record, but I’m serious this time! Gonna eat better starting . . . NOW! 🙂
41 days til race day!
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The Women’s Half Marathon in Bloomington was this weekend. Definitely the hardest half marathon I’ve done, in terms of the course (hilly). Throw in 100% humidity and the fact that this race was during peak mileage/training (55/60 mpw) and it definitely wasn’t a PR. I ended up with 1:42:32 (7:48 pace). (PR is 1:38:56). Still – I’m happy with the race because I felt like it was a solid effort with the hills and even though it wasn’t a PR, it was my second best race time (PR was in June and before that my PR had been 1:44:44 – so the fact that I can get sub 1:45 on a tough course is great news for me). Plus my overall place (30 out of 1230 women and 3rd in my age group) isn’t too bad!
I had a fabulous weekend! 🙂
Runnin' From The Law 
1230 entrants for a first annual event is pretty amazing turnout! Nice run, too!
Consider: it just took me 1:48 to do my 1st long run of 8 miles. Sad but true. So your time in the Women’s half sounds unbelievably fast to me! Wish I could do that, but right now I’m just trying to focus on covering the distance. : /
Today I’ll be at the state fair. We rely heavily on the bottomless cup of milk to fill everyone up!!
Lynne – I remember when my long run miles were 10 and 11 and even 12 minute miles! It took me about 7 years to get them down to 7 and 8 minute miles! So don’t call your miles sad – they are fabulous!
It’s very encouraging to know that you have made such amazing progress with your running times!! It gives me a little bit of hope for myself. Maybe by the time I reach 50 I can go fast.
Cindi, I think that’s a great time for a half run mid-training and on lots of hills. You are going to do great! Just be nice to yourself and rest a lot between hard training.
Yep, I’m doing lots of resting and the miles that are w/u and c/d on the hard workouts are nice and easy.
I bet your race performance was affected by 3 hard workouts in a row. Not to sound like a mother hen (but I do, so whatever), you should probably space out your quality a little. It’s too close to race time to hurt yourself now!
Yes Mom. 🙂