Hi everyone (or no one!!)
As indicated, Saturday was a 14 miles run. I failed to understand the concept of these long run training sessions: build miles, not speed. I usually also fail to deliver on the speed training where I usually end up running slower than usual. Long runs are meant to teach your body how to run long distances, but it's not supposed to be fast, maybe 1 min/mile slower than your marathon pace. I did run faster than my usual pace during 14miles, which is an amazing accomplishment. However, I feel drained and exhausted even after 2 days.
Which brings me to my marathon pace. I would really love to complete it in about 4hours, but this would require an effort I am not sure my close-to-being-29-body can take. I ain't that young anymore!! More to come on that topic, I am sure!!
I didn't do an easy run on sunday, I preferred to go out tubing for a couple hours! (And wine tasting!). I think my body needed a little chill pill, so that was nice.
This week, the focus is keeping the body happy with some speed, some mile build up, but especially a balanced diet and A LOT OF SLEEP!
Cheers,
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