Woke up this morning definitely feeling the effects of 87 miles in the last 9 days, including both a trail half marathon and a 10 mile races. All though neither of theses were all out race efforts, they were definitely 23 miles of hard running at marathon pace effort. I decided on a day of rest, but got in 3.8 miles of easy pace, soft surface running, hoping that effort might provide some recovery benefit without putting additional stress on my legs. The jury is out on that one, but I am trying to include more light mileage, easy running days for recovery, to try to help keep my mileage up and eliminate having too many goose eggs. I will probably go to evening Spin Class and put forth light to medium effort, just to help flush the legs out some more while giving the joints more rest. I have been really slack on attending Spin class the last 4-5 months, and it played a huge role in getting me ready for St. George last year. I am hoping I can ramp that back up in the last month before my marathon to work some different muscles while keeping my cardio up, while my legs get rested and stronger. This will be my last week of high mileage, ending with 19.3 miles of marathon pace running Saturday and Sunday. I am already at the highest mileage in September that I have ever run in a month & will surpass the 200 mile mark. Granted, it would have been nice to have 3 consecutive months of this mileage before my marathon ... but at least I got one and it concludes 9 months of the most consistent training I have ever done ... so finally I will get to run a marathon where I can't say I didn't really prepare for it ... I am still nervous about the last 10 miles though! Weekend weather forecast, High of 68, Low of 45, both days! Could it be true? :)
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