Monday, September 9, 2013

OBX Training Week 10

Woo hoo! I'm officially over halfway through my training for the Outer Banks Marathon! This week was a step back week in terms of running mileage, but after a few crazy weeks of running and recovering from Hood to Coast, I really wanted to get back on my regular schedule!

Monday: light yoga

Tuesday: Yasso 800s. Completed 8 x 800 for a total of 7.25 miles.
I felt so much stronger than the last time I did this workout a few weeks ago. I will probably try doing it again in a few weeks and get up to 10 repeats.

Wednesday: P90x legs workout
I had an overwhelming and frustrating work day, but still fit in this workout to get some pent up energy out.

Fun side note: My tomatoes are starting to ripen in my garden. Many many more to come! I picked the first ones this week.

Thursday: 3 miles + core
Hot and sweaty 3 miles after work. My legs started out feeling sore from the last two days. After a mile though, they warmed up and I sped up! Paces were: 9:57, 9:07, 8:11. After letting myself cool down for a few minutes, I did a short core workout.

Friday: yoga
Calves were feeling tight, so I made sure to fit in a little more yoga to keep them loose.

Saturday: 5.25 miles with ~3.5 at marathon pace
I squeezed a few miles in in the morning before Ryan and I went out to celebrate our anniversary by going to Santa Rosa, CA for the day. We checked out Russian River Brewery, took a couple mile walk in a pretty local park, did some champagne tasting at Korbel, and went out for a lovely Italian dinner.

{shared a beer sampler because there were so many to taste!}



Sunday: 1650 yd swim
Straight and easy swim for recovery. I hadn't been to the pool in a few weeks, so it was great to be in the water for a little while.

How did your training go last week? Do you like Yasso 800s? Have you used them to predict your marathon time?

5 comments:

  1. Swimming for recovery sounds so appealing right now. The only pool I have access to right now is unfortunately too small to get a substantial swimming workout in. Oh well.
    I prefer mile and mile+ repeats to 800s when marathon training, but 800s are a fun workout and have really helped me with speed for shorter distances.

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    1. I think I am going to do some longer repeats for the next couple weeks. :)

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  3. I think I need to give the Yassos a try. But, all I think about is running the 800 in high school and how much that hurt + repeating them over and over and over.... hmmm.

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  4. Great Week!! Those tomatoes look amazing!
    I had never seen the Yasso's prediction before! I just looked it up! I do a lot of 6x800s but I have never done 10! Crazy!! I guess I could try but I think I am on the track of what I would like my marathon time to look like! :)

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