Running – Weeks 17 and 18
I hope my loyal blog readers will forgive the lack of updates over the past two weeks. Nothing too exciting has been happening, other than running. And lots of running it has been. The week before last was a bit of a break, with just three easy 8km runs over the week. Last week was a major week: it and the current week are the last big weeks before the half marathon, which is now less than three weeks away.
Last week’s distance totalled 40.6km, which is my longest one-week total either this year or last year. And on Sunday I did a 21.1km long run, the same distance as the upcoming half marathon. That was only the third time that I have run that far, and was by far my best run at that distance yet. I ran the 21.1km in 1:51:37, nearly 6 minutes faster than last year’s half marathon race time of 1:57:20, although last week’s distance was GPS watch distance, not measured distance, so it could be out by plus or minus 1% or 2%. Still, a solid run, leaving me optimistic about the upcoming race. I felt pretty good after the run, but then was wiped out for most of the rest of the day, and not even a tasty brunch led to a quick recovery. That’s alright, though, I feel fine today.
This week is the final hard week of training, and then two weeks of tapering and going to bed early.
| Jul 20 Mon | Rest day | |
| Jul 21 Tue | 8.5km | Easy run |
| Jul 22 Wed | Rest day | |
| Jul 23 Thu | Slept in! | |
| Jul 24 Fri | 8.5km | Easy run |
| Jul 25 Sat | Rest day | |
| Jul 26 Sun | 8.1km | Easy run |
| Total | 25.1km | Year to date: 450.1km |
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| Jul 27 Mon | Rest day | |
| Jul 28 Tue | 3.6km | Easy run |
| Jul 29 Wed | Rest day | |
| Jul 30 Thu | 12.3km | Tempo run |
| Jul 31 Fri | 3.6km | Easy run |
| Aug 1 Sat | Rest day | |
| Aug 2 Sun | 21.1km | Long run (1:51:37) |
| Total | 40.6km | Year to date: 490.7km |
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