Week 2 of Marathon Training

Well, I'm midway through week 2 of Marathon training! Things are going very well so far! Here's what I did last week.

Sun-16 mi Long Run with specific paces (no LSD for me!)
Mon-Bike on trainer
Tues-6 mi Zone 2 recovery run + Swim
Wed-9 mi Tempo + Swim
Thurs-Bike on trainer
Fri-7 mi Hill workout
Sat-off (was visiting family)

Week2
Sun-6 mi recovery run
Mon-17 mi Long Run with specific paces
Tues-6 mi recovery run + Swim
Wed-9 mi Tempo
Thurs (today)- bike

I still have a Hill workout and a recovery run to do this week also. I want to rest up real good for my long run on Sunday. Those seem to take the most out of me. I find lomg runs much more manageable now than I did during my first marathon training cycle back in 2009. I remember just dreading each long run, and I just slogged it out to get the miles under my legs. Now I have specific mile pace goals. By the time I figure out which mile I'm on and what pace I have to do, the run is over! I just take it one mile at a time. It works so well. I think it's great mental training for the marathon, too.

So far, so good with the training. I need to figure out a better plan to incorporate better biking and swim training because I do have to train for the half ironman in July.

Toodaloo for now!