Sick

I lost the entire weekend of training because I was sick. Truthfully, I lost pretty much the entire weekend to being sick. I did go to class on Saturday, but other than that I spent the weekend asleep. Actually, I spent the weekend either sleeping or thanking Dr. Ernest Duchesne for the gift of antibiotics.

All in all, I got off easy with the whole sickness thing. Several of the people in my office ended up with pneumonia and will be down and out for weeks. When my officemates started dropping like flies, I was panicking that I'd be sick for so long that I'd have to drop out of marathon training. Since I had the heavy artillery antibiotics I'm pretty much back on my feet.

Per the training schedule, I should go 8 miles today, but that won't happen. I'm going to hit some light mileage this afternoon and see how I do.

Almost 5 Miles

Today was supposed to be a 5 mile trek. I was a little pressed for time so I had to cut it to 4.12. However, I was lightening fast I tell you. My best mile times ever.

An Easy 12.5 Miles

Yesterday's walk was actually very easy and comfortable. The weather was cool, deliciously cool perhaps even crisp. This was probably the easiest session of my marathon training. I think it was a combination doing a better job following the training schedule, drinking re-hydration fluids instead of water, eating a few extra carbs and that blissfully cool weather.

This wasn't my training partner's best week. She'd been sick and missed some key training time over the last 2 weeks. The last few miles of Saturday's session she was dragging. I absolutely recognized the signs of it and empathized. It's a bitter workout when you try to get back into swing of training after an unplanned break. I also remember that a few weeks ago, she pulled me through the canyon on that walk I absolutely hated. We cut our walk a bit short so that she could recover.

To celebrate we went out for our traditional enormous post workout breakfast. I had a peanut butter cup pancakes which were pure yummy gluttony.

All in all, I'm hoping that the race is on a very cool day and that yummy breakfast foods are available at the finish line.

Training Log Rock N Roll Marathon

For the sake of history - here are my training logs for San Diego Rock N Roll Marathon 2007

May 27 - June 3
This is it! The big day is Sunday!

Day
Goal
Effort

Sunday
Cross Train
Cross Train

Monday
Rest
Rest

Tuesday
6 miles
Sick

Wednesday
3 miles
Sick

Thursday
3 miles
Sick

Friday
Rest
Rest

Saturday
30 minutes
30 minutes

Sunday
26.2 miles
26.2 miles

May 20 - May 26
I'm taking a few days off to let my foot heal. Thankfully, this is a taper week, so there wasn't much mileage planned.

Day
Goal
Effort

Sunday
Cross Train
Cross Train

Monday
Rest
Rest

Tuesday
6o minutes
more Rest

Wednesday
6o minutes
Rest

Thursday
3 miles
more Rest

Friday
Rest
60 minutes

Saturday
8 miles
8 miles?

May 13 - May 19
This is the beginning of the taper for the marathon. It's all light mileage from here until June 3rd!

Day
Goal
Effort

Sunday
Cross Train
Cross Train

Monday
Rest
Rest

Tuesday
6 miles
more Rest

Wednesday
4 miles
6 miles

Thursday
3 miles
5 miles

Friday
Rest
Rest

Saturday
12 miles
9 miles

May 6 - May 12
Day
Goal
Effort

Sunday
30 minutes
30 minutes

Monday
4 miles
Ditch

Tuesday
6 miles
7 miles

Wednesday
4 miles
Skip

Thursday
3 miles
5 miles

Friday
Rest
Rest

Saturday
20 miles
20 miles


April 29 - May 5
Day
Goal
Effort

Sunday
30 minutes
40 minutes

Monday
6 miles
Nada

Tuesday
8 hours
Zilch

Wednesday
6 miles
Zip

Thursday
4 miles
5 miles

Friday
Rest

Saturday
10 miles
10 miles

April 22 - April 28
Day
Goal
Effort

Sunday
Rest
Rest

Monday
6 miles
Nada

Tuesday
8 hours
Zilch

Wednesday
5 miles
3 miles

Thursday
4 miles
5 miles

Friday
Rest
Rest

Saturday
18 miles
17 miles

April 15 - April 21
Day
Goal
Effort

Sunday
Rest
Rest

Monday
6 miles
Sick

Tuesday
8 hours
Sick

Wednesday
6 miles
5 miles

Thursday
4 miles
5 miles

Friday
Rest
Rest

Saturday
15 miles
16.25 miles


April 8 - April 14
Day
Goal
Effort


Sunday
Rest
Rest

Monday
5 miles
4.12 miles

Tuesday
2 hours
1:18 hours

Wednesday
7 miles
7.27 miles

Thursday
3 miles
Sick

Friday
Rest

Saturday
15 miles
Sick



April 1 - April 7
Day
Goal
Effort

Sunday
30 min
30 min

Monday
5 miles
2.5 miles

Tuesday
8 miles
5.8 miles

Wednesday
3 miles
4.1 miles

Thursday
6 miles
7.71 miles

Friday
Rest
Rest

Saturday
14 miles
12.5

Hitting My Stride.

This morning I did 2.5 miles at my fastest time ever. I have a new Cardio Coach audio workout and it is awesome. Cardio Coach blows away the iTrain workouts - either that or I was so friggin' sick of the two iTrains that are designed for outdoor runs. Actually, the iTrains are good too, but I bored with them.

Tonight I'm meeting Debbie and Gretchen for 5 miles.

So for you math majors that's and extra 1.5 miles over the training plan.

Tomorrow is my rest day - you can be sure I'll be able to do that one.