So after completing 5 marathons since November, I’m taking the summer off from racing. I am not scheduled to do any races until the Philladelphia Rock n Roll Half Marathon in September and then the Denver Rock n Roll Marathon in October, followed by the San Antonio Rock n Roll Marathon in November. Normal years I just run whatever we feel like during the summer, trying to keep our weekend mileage around 8-12 for long runs. This summer, I’d like to keep it up a big higher to so I don’t have to do as much re-training and I have my running schedule set out for my fall races, plus keep with my goal of 20 running miles per week. I’m really looking forward to these races- my family is coming with me to Denver for a mini-family reunion, I get to see my best friend in Philly, and there are tons of Houston gals running the San Antonio race.
I’ve been doing Yoga since February twice a week and really, really enjoyed it. I think the core strength and flexability have helped me get through all these races without injury and with very quick recovery times (I would be out running 3 days after some of the races). However, I have sorely neglected weight training at the gym. For probably the last 1o years, I have been a faithful gym gal and been very consistent with my strength training. I’d occassionally work a swim session in on the weekend and I was doing great for a few months with speed/tempo runs. Now, I am ready to balance things out and try to git in a more well-rounded routine into my life.
Monday and Wednesday mornings will remain regular jogs at o’dark-thirty in the morning with the pups and my step-mom, followed by yoga. I’m thinking I will probably be doing more of my long runs on Saturday mornings instead of Friday since there is another lady in my running group who is also training for an early October marathon. I will try to speed/tempo/HIIT once per week and then hit the treadmill for some incline work once per week- hopefully Tuesdays and Thursdays. I’m still not real sure where to fit in weight lifting unless I can manage to wake up early 5 days per week. I’m already getting up at 3:50 on Monday & Wednesday, so I’m not sure I could realistically wake myself up even at 5:15 to do a 2 mile run and then hit the gym. As long as we don’t have plans, I like hitting the pool to swim laps right after church on Sundays. Borrowing a trick from Fit Chick Britt, I printed out my schedule and think that might keep me more motivated and on track if I have to record my progress. I made this schedule a few weeks ago & finally got on track after our week in Costa Rica. I managed to do weights & swim last week, plus run 4 days. Hopefully I can keep it up!
GOOD NEWS OF THE DAY: First full week in town without travel in ages & I’m super excited!
So glad to hear you have a week at home – I can only imagine how exhausting it gets week in and week out to do so much traveling!
Looks like a great schedule. I’m working on one of my own. I need something to keep me accountable!
I need to go through and read your race recaps… I’m toying with the idea of doing a few marathons pretty close to each other… San Antonio, Dallas, Houston, and Austin. Right now I’m signed up for all of them except for Dallas. Be forewarned that I might be asking you some questions over the next few months if you don’t mind! The photos from your Washington trip were fabulous btw
No problem- I’d be glad to help you out! I won’t pretend to be an expert….I just kinda of did what I could for a long run on the weekends between. I wouldn’t recommend running more than 6-8 for a long run the week after (or before) a race, then 10/12/14 if you have a few weekends in between.