Marathon Training

Did a 2.25mi warm up with the Trigators. 

0.5mi straights and turns on the track

8 x 200 with 200 easy jog (short break after 1 mile)

.25mi cool down

Easy 3mi.  It had been raining all night and morning so I wore my muddy trail shoes.

I didn't know that I could run that fast.  I ran the race back in my home town and a couple of the track club guys helped me pace.  The first mile was a 6:23 and I was just trying to keep it around a 7:00 mile pace.  My GPS watch frose and I couldn't use it in the race (I forgot which combination of buttons to push for how long to unfreeze it).  It turned out to be for the best.  I was 2nd female overall and first in my age group.  The girl who beat me was a high school runner.  So far this has been a great day.  I am very excited.  Now I have to set a new life goal for a 5k.  I beat my previous PR by more than a minute.

I have special 5k shoes that I wore and I have no clue how may miles I have on them.  They are Adizero's, super light.

Easy run down the island and over the bridge from my parents house.  The run is very flat.  My calves were still very sore from the race on Thursday so I took it easy running about a 9:05/mi pace.

Ran in Destin down Old Highway 98.  Nice scenic run with a beach view.  The day was perfect for running, in the upper 50 to lower 60's and slightly overcast.  The calves are still sore when I flex them or touch them.  They don't bother me much while running, only when I am going down hill.  The pace was around 8:57.  I wanted to run a little slower since my mileage steps up next week, but the weather was so nice and the course was so flat.