I'm going to make this post a quick one since I simply don't have time to expand greatly. Last week was a great week. We hit every run exactly like we'd hoped during the week. On Saturday, we were scheduled to run 20x400 meter repeats on the track as a good speed session. We started the workout at the Drury track and the wind simply had other plans for us. We made it through 3 of them fighting the wind and then decided to shut down the workout and try it again the next day. This close to the marathon, it just didn't make sense to fight extra and increase fatigue. So, we went back to the track on Sunday morning and started again, we had made it through 5 of them right on a good pace when the clouds opened up and dumped heavy rains for about 20 or so minutes. We waited it out and then took a warm-up lap prior to continuing on with the workout. Since we had run three 400's on Saturday, we decreased the number of repeats to 16. The workout went exactly how we'd hoped it would. All signs seem to be pointing in the the right direction so we're hopeful that our race will turn out great as well.
Yesterday, we went up to the Frisco trail to do our last and final tune-up workout. The plan was to warm up 2 miles, run a 2 mile hard tempo, and then cool down 2 more miles for a total of 6 miles. We did this workout in the evening so we could maximize our sleep this week, and also to have to fight the heat a bit which will make 50 degrees on race day feel even better. Much to my surprise, we rolled this workout as well. Both miles were under 5:40 so needless to say, our confidence is high going into this weekend.
Now that work is nearly over for the week, we finally get to set our sights on the traveling and playing for what should make a great weekend!!
I'm not sure if there is athlete tracking but if there is, I'll make sure to tweet our information prior to the race so anyone that wants to follow us can do so.
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| 2013 Grandma's Marathon Photo, I hope I look even better at mile 25 this year! |
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