Marci’s Training (Week of Jan. 22)

MON :: OFF.

TUE :: AM 75 mins // PM 30 min Elliptical, Core Routine & 20 min Sauna.

WED :: 10 minute warm-up, 6 * 1 mile uphill (80%) & 1 mile down-hill (60%), 10 min cool-down. Followed by Lift A & 20 mins Sauna.

THUR :: AM 75 mins run // PM 30 mins Elliptical, Core Routine & 20 mins Sauna.

FRI :: 45 mins run & 20 mins Sauna (meant to Lift B — and didnt).

SAT :: 2 hours run w/ last three miles hard.

SUN :: 90 mins run.

This week is three weeks out from race day and the start of the taper. Volume is dropping a little bit, intensity is still high. I regret not making the second lift a priority, but have over all been pleased. I experience ligament pain around my period (not sure if other ladies have this?) — but seem to have some variety of hip or knee or IT band soreness that I’m willing to be hormonal, and usually it starts to improve in a few days. Didn’t feel like I had the capacity to push this week and kept it closer to the lower end of the ranges (ex. dropped the reps from 7 to 6 on Wednesday and decided to not extend the Sunday run, even though it’s always tempting to push the taper off a little longer and try and squeeze something more out of it.) Realistically, the added risk wouldn’t be worth the small incremental reward of pushing my luck while feeling some knee/quad weirdness — would give the week a B+.