This was a rest week fail. I was feeling good about running on Wednesday, so I slightly increased my pace over what I usually run. I finished the 7 miles in 1:17:49, which was one of my quicker paces at that distance. I felt fine after the run, but when coupled with my first Thursday 4 miler the next day I was more sore than usual.
On Saturday, I finished my most intense run yet in training. It was only a 10 mile run, but I did it on a hilly road; I'm accustomed to running on level ground. It was much harder than my longer runs the past two weekends. I remained sore until Tuesday, so just when I finally recovered I had to start running again.
I learned a lot from that run, though, and I'm glad I ran hills on a relatively short 10 miler. I found out that running up a steep hill for only a mile or so can take some time to recover from; it really seems to undermine the next few miles. Since the marathon will include two bridges, my race strategy will be to walk to the top and resume running on the downhill side. I think I can make up the time spent walking with fresher legs.
I'm past the halfway point in training now with only 9 weeks to go! I'm planning to back off the pace a little on my weekday runs this week so as to recover a little more in preparation for 15 miles this coming weekend. I'm starting to flirt with hitting my wall, so it'll be interesting to see what it's like and what I should do to prepare for the race.
Thanks for reading!
Nick
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