Marathon Training - Weeks 3 & 4

The past couple weeks were a little bit tough because my schedule got thrown off. I'm still trying to get in a regular habit of stretching - but it's hard. Any advice is appreciated!

Monday, 2/25: After my successful 5 miles on Saturday, I decided to up the ante a little and ran for 4 miles this morning instead of my regular 3.3 - that meant running to Avenue M (instead of J.) It went really well, and I felt great. I made sure to stretch when I got home.

Tuesday, 2/26: A day off from running, but I did my stretching & it felt good.

Wednesday, 2/27: Decided to go for a run this morning and found out that thinking about work stresses was NOT a good motivator. It actually made it really hard to do my normal run and I felt exhausted when I got home. It was also a Volleyball day which was a good extra workout, but unfortunately my team lost again!

Thursday, 2/28: A day off, and I went to an injury prevention clinic. It was very informative.

Friday, 2/29: I woke up with every intent of running, but it just didn't happen.

Saturday & Sunday, 3/1 & 3/2: No running over the weekend because I was traveling. I visited my parents and helped my brother's family pick out a new puppy (Hooray!)

Monday, 3/3: I took Foxy with me this morning for a run, it was really fun - but we only made it a couple miles. She started slowing down and I didn't want to wear her out too much.

Tuesday, 3/4: A day off.

Wednesday, 3/5: Volleyball day, no running - and we lost AGAIN!

Thursday, 3/6: Planned to run, but my knee felt a little wonky, so I decided to put it off a day

Friday, 3/7: FINALLY - I actually did my regular 3.3 for the first time in over a week. It felt ok, but I could tell that it had been too long.


For this next week, I'm going to keep working on stretching & try to get back on track with the runs. Thanks for all your support!

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