This was a great week and since this blog is in part to keep me accountable to my training plan I want you all to know I stuck to my plan, and I feel wonderful! I even found a different plan in Runners World, it is somewhat similar to the Hal Higdon one I'm following now, but I"m comparing the two to get the most bang for my buck. Runners World had an awesome issue this month, lots of great articles. It is the one magazine I actually enjoy getting because it is not all advertisements but rather full of awesome stuff! It even had an article about hill training. :-)
Pretty much each week I do the following... one long run (between 8-24 miles), 2 or 3 5-mile runs, 1 day of interval training and 1 tempo or pace run. It's specifically focused to help me run my next marathon in under 4 hours. I'm feeling stronger lately. Tonight I ran an easy 5 miles and I felt great and even got way faster at the end, I just wanted to speed things up. I consider it such a gift to be able to call a 5-mile run an "easy" run given I had never even run a mile until 4 years ago. Really getting excited about my long run this weekend as it isn't as hot as last week, we don't have much on the calendar, and I'm feeling pumped.
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