Marathon Training – Week 12 – Easy Week

All I have to say is yay for step-back weeks. I took things pretty easy this week and I’m feeling very rested and ready to take on the final month of marathon training. After five weeks where my weekend long runs were 16, 18, 13.1 (tune-up race), 20 and 16 miles it was really nice to only have to do 10 this weekend. I was in Victoria so I did the first four with Matt and then the final six alone in Beacon Hill park. I threw in a few easy hills just to mix things up.

27/10	-	Rest day
28/10	6.0 miles	Easy run: avg 155 bpm, 11:09 min/mile
29/10	6.1 miles	Easy run: avg 157 bpm, 11:10 min/mile
30/10	-	Rest day
31/10	4.0 miles	Easy run: avg 162 bpm, 10:48 min/mile
01/11	10.3 miles	Long run: avg 158 bpm, 11:10 min/mile
02/11	-	Rest day
Total	26.4 miles	YTD: 1044.8 miles

I should also mention that my October total training mileage was 143.5 miles (230.9 km). This is my highest monthly total ever!