Training for Marathon # 6 by KCorey

This past week of running went pretty much as scheduled.  My left shin has been tender since my 20 mile run... it hurts when I start running, during the run, and still hurts when I stop.  I hope this goes away soon, I am able to run through it but I just don't want any aches and pains going into race day to mess with my mental game.  So Monday (post 20 mile run) I did some light crosstraining as scheduled:  brisk walking for 1 hr 15 minutes.  Tuesday I took OFF as my body felt like it needed one more day to recover before I ran again. Wednesday I did ZUMBA for an hour then went and did a 7 mile run at Green Lakes, it felt pretty good.  Thursday I ran 5 miles inside (had some issues with heartburn & was making me wanna barf) then a good weight work out: legs, arms, abs.  Friday I did a 6 mile run at Green Lakes then my sister and I went to Albany for the day.  It was a fun girly day out and I only worked a couple hours which was a change.  Yesterday, Saturday, I went to Zumba for an hour then did a 6 mile run on the treadmill followed by 45 minutes of weights: arms, abs, legs.  I also got a ton of cleaning and laundry done! The hub and I went for dinner at Cafe 119 where I get my favorite salad: Romaine, strawberries, canteloupe, raisins/golden raisins, pistachious (non-recalled), and lemon poppy seed dressing.  We also got these yummy grilled garlic rolls.  Then we watched some UFC with some  friends and I had some delicious wine, Sweet Walter Red, my new favorite!  I had a few glasses.

Today, Sunday, I went to 1 hr Zumba this morning and did 30 minutes of arms/abs.  I am scheduled to do 12 for my long run today but I am going to go a little later like 2 or 3.  It's the warmest in Syracuse if you wait to go between 3-6 pm.  Also since I worked out this morning I don't mind giving myself a little break.  I am going to go to Green Lakes to do my run, I am so over treadmill running if it's over 6 miles.  It's still windy here as always, but not as bad as last weekend. It was SO fun doing Zumba 3x this week, it's not normally offered that much but since the kiddies have school break some of the other classes got cancelled.  I think if I could do Zumba that much every week the weight would fall right off of me.  It was fun while it lasted.

Not sure what my runs are gonna look like this week.  I got my schedule mixed up so I am technically a week behind training.  I am exactly 5 weeks out from the marathon which means I should do my 20 miler on Sun May 3rd (my last "long run"). Which is 2 weeks from today.  Since I messed up my schedule I don't think I can fit in 2 more- 20 milers as planned.  I already did one last weekend, and I think I will aim for 15-18 next weekend, then my last 20 the following weekend.  From there I will taper down.  I'd rather do as stated above instead of trying a 20 miler next weekend and the weekend after.  I don't think my body would recover well from that.  Does this even make any sense? Oh well! I am going home to Massena next weekend with the hubby, so it should be fun to run around my hometown for my long run.  Seriously nobody works out there, so people frive by you and look at you like your crazy when they see someone running. 

My tummy hurts, maybe I ate too many cocoa flavored almonds : (

Gonna relax a bit more then head out for my run.  Hope everyone had a great week of running!