Marathon training – Week 10 – 1000 miles on the dot

Last week was the start of my marathon taper. Despite the reduced mileage I still managed to have a few noteworthy runs. Wednesday’s tempo run was epic in that I ran it in what I swear was a horizontal rain storm. It was cold, windy and wet but I reveled in the madness of the fact that I was even out running. I didn’t feel great and my splits were slower than I would have liked but I gave it what I had on the day. Then on Saturday I did and 8.3 mile long run along the canal and through the Experimental Farm in Ottawa. It was only supposed to be 8 miles but I tacked on the extra 0.3 so I could hit a year to date mileage of 1000.0 miles right on the dot. So pleasing.

05/10	-	Rest day
06/10	5.0 mi	Easy run: avg 10:10 min/mile
07/10	6.0 mi	Tempo run: 4mi @ 8:39/8:48/8:48/8:36 min/mile
08/10	5.0 mi	Easy run: avg 9:55 min/mile
09/10	-	Rest day
10/10	8.3 mi	Long run: avg 10:05 min/mile
11/10	-	Rest day
Total	24.3 mi	YTD: 1000.0 miles

Race Preparation

I’m starting to get really excited about the marathon this weekend. I’m not feeling super confident in my ability to break 4 hours but I’ll deal with that once I’m out on the road. For the time being I’m trying to get an extra half hour of sleep each night, eat only healthy food, not get sick and only check the weekend weather once per day. Right now things are looking great for Sunday: mainly sunny with a high of 10C and a low of -3C.