Wow, I can’t believe Week 6 of marathon training has already come and gone. And I can’t believe that race day is two months from TODAY. Time is flying!
Here’s how last week’s training looked:
Monday:
AM: 12.1 miles with 8 at goal pace. Goal pace was still hard, but it went a ton better than the last GP run I attempted, so that was encouraging.
PM: About an hour of full-body strength training
Tuesday:
AM: 9 miles easy
PM: 30 or so minutes of core, stretching, and foam rolling
Just planking. And sweating.
Wednesday:
AM: Downhill cruise intervals. I did a 2-ish mile warm-up outside, then hit the incline trainer at the gym for 10x1000m with 200m recoveries, then cooled down outside. 10.5 miles total
PM: Another short core/stretching/rolling session
Thursday:
AM: 8.2 easy miles over the river at sunrise with a billion birdies (that’s what the black spots are, not dirt on my phone)
PM: 45 minutes of full-body strength, in my basement this time because I could not get myself motivated to hit the gym.
Friday:
AM: 5 miles, slow and easy, just to loosen up before that night’s Chase the Moon relay
PM: Lap 1 at Chase the Moon, 10.3 miles
I started too far back. This is my “Get out the way” face.
Saturday:
AM: And I do mean “A.M.” I started running at 3:30 or so and did my second 10.3-mile lap. I was really tempted to do another lap but decided that was stupid, since my stomach was upset and I’d run 25.6 miles in less than 24 hours
Team Cereal Killers: Logan, Brooke, Amy, me, and Aimee. I promise I will write a recap soon; I’m waiting to get the official race pictures. But Amy’s is up, so you can read hers!
Sunday: Rest. J and I took a nice long walk, which felt incredible on my tight legs, but otherwise, I just chilled. And it was glorious.
Totals: 65.4 miles, some strength/stretch/etc., too little sleep
This week is a recovery week. I have one tough workout and a 18-20 miler scheduled. The rest are slow, easy, and shorter-than-usual runs.
How was your training week? What’s next on your calendar?
Rural Running Redhead 
Wow!! That’s an insane amount of running! You are going to kill your marathon! 🙂
I hope so! 🙂
Yes, running another loop would have been crazy! You got a great week in!
I only considered it for about 1.3 seconds. 😉
Chase the moon looks like so much fun! Looks like your training is going well too!! Nice work :-)!
It was a blast! I’m working on the recap but there’s so much I want to say that I need to cut it down!
Are you sure they are birds and not bats? 😉 Just saying that because when I lived in Houston, there was a bridge with all kinds of bats that would fly around during sunset. It was crazy. It looks like all of you girls had a fun time doing the 12-hour relay. I love the look on your face in the “get out of my way” picture. I am guilty of making that face too. Enjoy your recovery week. I just received news from my coach that the next two weeks will be the toughest yet in prep for my next half Ironman. Yikes!
They were definitely birds (thank goodness… bats would creep me out!). My face is often a little too expressive. Some of my students once told me they were going to make a poster of all my faces to help new students interpret them. Part of me wishes they would have followed through. 🙂
You are rocking those runs! Now that I’m not training for anything seeing double digit miles is so daunting. way to go!
Isn’t it crazy how quickly we forget that major mileage is possible? I guarantee that in November, 20-milers will seem completely far-fetched.
Nice work Cassie! Love your get out of the way face hahaha! The marathon will be here before you know it….training time flies by fast. My next race is a 12k the first weekend out August, excited for it, but enjoying just training and building for now!
The first weekend of August is my birthday weekend, so you’ll have to kill that 12k in my honor. 🙂
You are such a hard worker! I really admire you! 😀 I cannot wait to read about the race. It sounds so awesome.
Thanks! It was awesome. I’m guessing it would’ve been right up your alley (except for the whole no-sleep thing).
Awesome job!!!! I love reading your training recaps, it really inspires me! 🙂
Aw, thanks, Heather! Notice that there is no 24-miler in any of me recaps. 😉
I LOVE your get out of my way face! Oh, and I am laughing that a 60 plus mile week is an easy week for you! I ran 11 in the heat today and thought I was going to diiiiiie. It’s really killing me this summer.
Haha This current week is the easy week, not the 65-miler. 🙂 Heat is the worst. Thanks goodness for cool Colorado mornings.