I had a easy 3 mile run on my training schedule for today but after Friday’s 13 miler I had been feeling very sore, my left knee ached and both shins ached so I hadn’t planned on running at all. I walked 3 1/2 miles with a friend this morning and my shins still ached slightly but my knee was better, so I decided to run 2 slow miles with Chris instead of my planned 3.
After an easy 2 miles my shins felt good! With only 2 weeks left before the big race I am not looking to get injured now so I feel it would be best to err on the side of caution and train a little less if necessary for the next 2 weeks.
Week 8 Half Marathon Training Recap
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Monday: 3 Miles in 24:36
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Tuesday: 7 Mile Tempo Run in 63:40
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Wednesday: 4 Miles in 37:44
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Thursday: Yoga
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Friday: 13.1 Miles in 1:57:45
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Saturday: Rest
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Sunday: 2 miles in 19:18 (3.5 miles walking. not counted toward my weekly mileage)
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Total: 29.1 miles running, 3.5 miles walking
Another great training week, tapering starts this week and I do plan on reducing this Friday’s 11 mile run to 8 or 9 miles which I think is more than enough 1 week prior to the race. I hope the lesser mileage works to my advantage and doesn’t hurt my time, we will see soon enough.
Yesterday I felt like baking and I have been dying to make the whole wheat carrot cake muffins I saw on Anne’s blog fANNEtastic food last week.
I loved them!!! They are delicious, healthy and make a great pre-run snack. Check out the recipe here.
In other news check out my guest post on Two Belles Fitness here and also check out my post on Exercise TV here, they are both on motivation!!!!
I hope everyone had a fun filled, fit weekend!!! Good luck to luck to all the runner’s running the Boston Marathon tomorrow!!!! Maybe I’ll see you there someday……..
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