Half-marathon training – Week 3 – Too fast?

09/10	–	Rest day
10/10	4 miles	Slow & easy
11/10	5 miles	Tempo run, 3m @ 8:31 min/mile, ate too much breakfast -> tummy troubles -> no fun
12/10	–	Took Friday’s rest day today because I was tired and had lots to do in the AM
13/10	XT	30 min swimming laps, I need a new althletic one piece swimsuit (Forbie here I come!)
14/10	8 miles	Long run @ 9:52 min/mile, should have run slower but it felt good
15/10	XT	45 min on the elliptical machine + stretching + light weights
Total	17 miles	YTD: 584 miles

[14/10] I’ll post more on my week of training tomorrow but until then check out this movie trailer. It totally makes me want to run a marathon in 2007.

[15/10] This was a decent week of training. Really there’s not much to report. My 8 miler went quite well even if I did run it a little faster than intended. Since when is that a problem? Earlier this week I was having a little trouble with my feet. Just some soreness in my heel and arch. However, icing, taping and stretching seems to be doing the trick. I just have to keep it all up even though the pain is gone!

Next week is a step back week (only 14 miles) which ends in the 10K Dawg Dash race on Sunday. Last year the 5K Dawg Dash was my first ever race so I guess this will be a sort of anniversary for me. My current plan for the race is to do the first 4 miles at my target half-marathon pace (HMP) of 9:00 min/mile. Then for the last 2.2 miles I’ll run how I feel, hopefully that will mean either picking up the pace or maintaining it. I’ve never run a 10K before so I’m sure it will be an interesting experience.