Monday – 1 mile morning walk, 30 minute afternoon ride and a bit of stretching. Feeling surprisingly “okay” after yesterday’s 16 miler.
Tuesday – 5.5 mile “easy” run (felt okay!), 20 minute afternoon ride and some strength work.
Wednesday – 1 mile morning walk with 5.5 miles of progressive mile repeats in the afternoon. Plan called for 1 mile warm up with 3 reps of: • 0.25mi at 7:35/mi • 0.25mi at 7:05/mi • 0.25mi at 6:35/mi • 0.25mi at 6:10/mi, 120s walking rest Not too bad aside from the fastest reps at 6:10/mile – clearly the hamstring isn’t ready for the speedy stuff at the moment.
Thursday – 1.3 mile morning walk, 30 minute afternoon ride and some strength work.
Friday – 1.4 mile morning walk, 30 minute yoga session (link below) and a 3.6 mile afternoon run. 0.75mi warm up at a conversational pace 1mi at 7:35/mi 1mi at 6:55/mi, 90s walking rest 0.75mi cool down at a conversational pace I barely made the last mile at goal pace. It was a real struggle. Can’t see me being able to string 26.2 miles at 6:52/mile pace in 5 weeks time!
Saturday – really cold 3.25 mile easy run. Felt okay. Also did the 30 minute yoga session again.
Sunday – 15 mile “long” run. Weather was miserable, and the hamstring didn’t feel great at all. Quite an effort to just get it done.
Similar mileage to last week, but ending the week in a lot more discomfort than I started it. It’s frustrating when I feel like I’m doing all the correct rehab, cross training and strength work, and taking 2 or 3 rest days from running per week.
I guess I’ll stick with the marathon plan from Runna * for another week or so, then make my mind up on what to do regarding the One City Marathon. The clock is ticking, however, so I’m already leaning towards saving myself for another marathon later in the year. We’ll see.