Eugene Marathon Race Recap
I'm not going to lie - I am so surprised at my race results. I mean, my last post about training clearly stated I was slowly dying from training and this may not be my time to run a marathon.
Peak Weeks of Eugene Training + A Reevaluation of Goals
The peak weeks are finally over and I'm about to enter my taper. It's been a HUGE challenge to push through these last couple weeks and I'm excited to say goodbye to them.
Week 5, 6, 7 - Eugene Marathon Training
Yeah... I knew it was going to be tough to keep up with these weekly training posts. My blog seems to be the first thing to go once training really picks up and sleeping, eating and surviving are the only things I care about (besides my athletes, of course!).
Week 4 - Eugene Marathon Training
This week was not a success on paper, but it felt like my most successful week so far. I am considering never doing a spring marathon again because I look back at all of my spring marathons and they seem to be the roughest cycles for me.
Week 3 - Eugene Marathon Training
This week started rough again, but ended GREAT! I've been working hard to change my mindset the last couple days about training and it helped me have a great weekend of running. Does anyone else struggle with how hard things feel at the beginning of a training cycle?
Week 2 - Eugene Marathon Training
MMMk this week was tough. I've been super fatigued which I think is a combo of adjusting to the jump in mileage and life is just nuts right now. Ricky and I got engaged in October and we finally set a wedding date for December of this year.
Week 1 - Eugene Marathon Training
This first week was a killer. A few weeks ago when I chatted with my coach about training, she recommended kicking things off with a 10 day, 10 mile challenge.