Today, we ran ten miles, which is about 3.8 miles farther than I'd ever made it last year and 1.8 farther than I've made it this year. I finally veered from my training plan this week, when I was supposed to have a four run week. I cut out a two miler scheduled for the day after my seven mile because I was sore, I was busy, and I was kind of nervous about the ten for this weekend. I'm happy to report that I made it through the entire ten miles today, feeling great. After a shower and some lunch, I completely crashed though. My legs are just exhausted, I'm dead tired, and very much looking forward to bed.
Brian decided he didn't like some aspects of the plan (like a long run mid-week and weekend) so we made some adjustments and here's what the rest of the plan looks like now:
Next week: T-3 miles, W-5 or 5.5 miles, Th-2 miles, Sat-10 miles (the original plan had a seven mile on W)
Oct 1 week: T-3 miles, Th-6 miles, Sat-9 miles (we took out a two mile from this week)
Race week: T-5 miles, Th-2 miles (we flipped these two from the original plan), Sat-13.2! Eek!
It's definitely coming up and with how nervous I was for today's run, I wonder how I'll get any sleep on Oct 12. I am feeling more confident now that I managed to do ten miles after having only done 8.2 before. I figure if I can do that, I can manage 13.2 after having done ten miles twice before. I'm still trying to convince Brian that he should run WITH me rather than speeding past me. :)
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