Week Nine was the toughest ever in the history of my training: Never before had I run 60 miles in one week or included 10 miles of hill repeats. On Monday I ran 10 miles of hill repeats during a 15 miler. The next day was my first to include mileage on my cross training day. Tuesday through Thursday I felt like I had just run a distance race. During this training I have questioned why I am doing this. By Friday I didn't care how slowly I was running during a recovery run, and on Saturday I was back at it just trying to get in the miles.
Week 8
Sunday: Day off
Monday: 3 miles conversation pace, 8 miles of hill repeats, 3 miles at conversation pace
Tuesday: 2.3 miles (was supposed to cross train plus run 3-4 miles)
Wednesday: 12 miles at conversation pace
Thursday: 3.5 miles (was supposed to run 5 miles Fartlick during a 10 miler)
Friday: Ran 5.5-6 miles including warm up, cool down with 6 X 2 minutes speeds with 1 minute rest in between (average speed pace 6:52). This was to make up for the Thursday run.
Saturday: 18 miles with the first half slower than second half. Overall pace: 9:18.
Week 9
Sunday: Day off
Monday: 3 miles conversation pace, 10 miles of hill repeats, 2 miles conversation pace
(hill repeat elevation gain: 1,234 feet; hill repeat elevation loss: 1,242 feet)
Tuesday: cross trained with basic training class plus 3.5 miles
Wednesday: 10 miles conversation pace
Thursday: 2 miles conversation pace, 5 miles Fartlick, 3 miles conversation pace all on hilly route
Friday: 6 miles conversation pace
Saturday: 18 miles with 4 at race pace. Race pace became increasingly sluggish: 8:11, 8:26, 8:32 and 8:37. Last 3 miles of the run were also sluggish. Overall pace for 18 miler: 9:22.
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