Monday: 5 miles (8:58). Brixx. Getting cold out!
Tuesday: 3 miles (9:05), 8 miles (8:50). Treadmill!
Wednesday: 9 miles (8:17). Treadmill progression from 6.7 mph to 7.8 mph.
Thursday: 3 miles (8:57), 5 miles (9:24). Early morning treadmill run followed by an afternoon run in Florida after arriving to meet the HRC Disney Group.
Friday: 8 miles (8:44). 8x30s pickups during run.
Saturday: 3 miles (9:50). Taper time!
Sunday: 26.5 miles (9:10). Disney World Marathon in 4:02:58. Temps in the upper 60's with high humidity led to a difficult marathon. I knew by the second mile it was going to be a long day. Around mile 13, I decided that I would run non-stop through 20 miles and then would do some run/walk combination. By the time I finished 20 miles, I decided to walk 1 minute, run 4 minutes, walk 1 minute, and then run to finish the mile. Even with 2 minutes of walking per mile, the pace was still below 10:00 and was only 20-25 seconds slower than just running by this time. I'm seriously considering testing out the Galloway Run/Walk strategy but incorporating it at the beginning of the long run, not after I start to tire. Run Streak Day 360.
Total Miles: 70.5 miles. No real taper for the Disney World Marathon since it was a training run. Decent volume. Will drop some this next week as I will need some recovery from the marathon, but then the spring speed cycle will be starting!
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