Solid Week of Training

With less than 50 days to go until the Saint George Marathon it was about time I had an entire week of solid training. I hit all of my weekly miles and felt great during Thursday’s track workout and somehow still felt strong come Saturday’s long run of 18 miles.

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Rest	5 Miles	8 Miles	Rest	Track Workout	Rest	18 Miles

On Saturday I met up with some people at 5:30 to knock off 5 miles before the official Saturday run started so we:

a) could beat the heat 

b) wouldn't be the last ones out on the course.

Only down side to doing this was that I found out what the regular course was going to be once we met up with the group at 6:30. It was the course that I have never had a good run on, something has always gone wrong on this course:

• dehydration
• unknowingly ran with the stomach flu (good thing is that there are plenty of places to duck off the trail)
• IT band flared up

I had 5 miles to prepare myself for this course which was a good thing because I had a great run! Only times I stopped were at the water stations and miles 16-18 when my left calf muscle tightened up and I needed to work it out. Other than that I had no issues! I am taking this as a big win for my mental game of running. Hopefully it will play well into this next week of training.

As an added bonus these fellows were
20 feet away from us on the run.
Completely unfazed by our presence.