Half-marathon training – Week 8 – Big mileage

Because I’ve sort of taken the last two weekends off (to run the 5K and then go skiing) my mileage jumped big time this week: 17.5 miles (28.2 km). As I look at that number it seems ridiculous to me that I actually ran that far in one week. But it’s really true: 4m on Tuesday + 4m on Thursday + 3.5m on Saturday + 6m on Sunday = 17.5m! I also swam on Wednesday for some impact free cross training.

I was pretty happy with this week’s Sunday “long run.” I did 6 miles in about 60 min. Realistically this is a faster pace than I’ll run the half-marathon at (which makes me wonder: should I be running my Sunday runs at a slower pace?) but it felt good. Although I probably wouldn’t have run that fast had it not been cold, raining and getting dark!