Complete; Week 16 of Chicago Marathon training!

2 weeks to go!! I have made a few adjustments to my training for the next two weeks. I will be following the final two weeks exactly how Hal Higdon's intermediate training program is written day for day. I followed his plan as written through out my training however, I moved around the runs & cross training to the days I prefered.

Monday Scheduled: 5 mile run
Monday Actual: rest day

Tuesday Scheduled: 6 mile run
Tuesday Actual: 6 mile run w/ 4 x 800's 49:20, P90X ab ripper, push ups 3 x 15

Wednesday Scheduled: 5 mile run
Wednesday Actual: 5 miles w/ incline work on the TM - didn't record my time, upper body weights

Thursday Scheduled: Rest
Thursday Actual: 5 miles easy - didn't record my time

Friday Scheduled: 4 mile pace
Friday Actual: 4 mile run 33:23 8:20 pace

Saturday Scheduled: 12 mile run
Saturday Actual: P90X ab ripper, push ups 2 x 20, walking around the woods and helping Chris with his tree stands

Sunday Scheduled: cross train
Sunday Actual: 12.11 mile run 1:39:47 8:15 pace - with wind & hills

Scheduled Miles: 32 miles
Actual Mileage: 32.11 miles
Weight: 123lbs (gained 3 lbs, not going to worry about it though

#6499

That is who I will be known as on 10-10-10! Got my confirmation ticket/packet in the mail yesterday. Super excited but nervous at the same time.

Here's to hoping I trained hard enough to meet my goals.

Completed; Week 15 of Chicago Marathon Training

Monday Scheduled: 5 mile run
Monday Actual: 8.28 easy miles 1:10:29 8:30 pace

Tuesday Scheduled: 8 mile run
Tuesday Actual: 5 mile run w/ 8 x 400 pace, core work, push ups 2 x 15

Wednesday Scheduled: 5 mile run
Wednesday Actual: 5 miles 40:55 8:11 pace

Thursday Scheduled: Rest
Thursday Actual: 4 miles easy - didn't record my time

Friday Scheduled: 5 mile pace
Friday Actual: 20.06 2:51:43 8:34 pace, what a great morning for a run. It was nice and cool. I had some stomach issues but once I took care of them, I felt great!

Saturday Scheduled: 20 mile run
Saturday Actual: none since I was standing up in a wedding, ran my 20 on Friday.

Sunday Scheduled: cross train
Sunday Actual: none, attended the Detroit Lions game

Scheduled Miles: 43 miles
Actual Mileage: 42.34 miles
Weight: ?

Let the tapering begin! 3 weeks to go.

I can't believe that I have already trained for 15 weeks! It's time to taper and as much as I welcome it, I can't help but question if I am ready for the marathon. Some days I feel ready to get this over with, other days I wish I had more time to train. I got my miles in, but did I do enough to meet my goal? I am going to do try my hardest to stay focused and positive.

3 weeks from today, I will be recovering from the Chicago Marathon.

Completed; Week 13 & Week 14 of Chicago Marathon Training

Wow, am I behind. I have just been so busy with life! We had a large group of friends out to the lake for a long Labor Day weekend and were in Chicago this past week for another long weekend. I made sure not to lose sight of my training during these fun times though! In fact, I had a very successful 20 mile run the weekend we had friends to the lake. While they enjoyed socializing and cocktail-ing the first night there, I made sure to get to bed and rest up for my run. I am staying positive and focused. One more 20 mile run and then its taper time!

Here is how week 13 and week 14 went!

WEEK 13
Monday Scheduled: 5 mile run
Monday Actual: 5.14 mile run 43:03 8:22 pace

Tuesday Scheduled: 8 mile run
Tuesday Actual: 5.42 mile run 42:39 7:51 pace, upper body lifting

Wednesday Scheduled: 5 mile run
Wednesday Actual: 5.1 mile run (didn't record my time), P90X ab ripper X, core exercises, push ups 5 x 15

Thursday Scheduled: Rest
Thursday Actual: 8 mile run 66:03 8:15 pace

Friday Scheduled: 8 mile pace run
Friday Actual: Rest

Saturday Scheduled: 20 mile run
Saturday Actual: 20.05 mile run 2:51:30 8:33 - done on lots of hills in 20mph winds!

Sunday Scheduled: cross train
Sunday Actual: 2.3 mile run 8:41 pace - very slow and easy, would have gone long but my friend was not feeling to well

Scheduled Miles: 43 miles
Actual Mileage: 46.01 miles
Weight: ?

WEEK 14
Monday Scheduled: 5 mile run
Monday Actual: rest

Tuesday Scheduled: 5 mile run
Tuesday Actual: 6 mile run (didn't record my time), push ups 2 x 15

Wednesday Scheduled: 5 mile run
Wednesday Actual: 5.24 mile run 42:50 8:10 pace (stomach issues)

Thursday Scheduled: rest
Thursday Actual: 6 mile run 48:40 8:06 pace, push ups 3 x 15

Friday Scheduled: 8 mile run
Friday Actual: 5 mile run (didn't record my time)

Saturday Scheduled: 12 mile run
Saturday Actual: 13.05 mile run 1:49:55 8:25 pace - ran on the Illinois Prairie Path while my sister in-law biked next to me

Sunday Scheduled: cross train
Sunday Actual: rest - Attended the Bears/Lions game

Scheduled Miles: 35 miles
Actual Mileage: 35.29 miles
Weight: ?