73 Days to Go (Don't make me focused. You won't like me when I'm focused.)
Date - Day - Scheduled Workout (Intervals within desired pace)
10/8/17 - Sun - 4 miles @ 7:54-8:28 min/mile
10/9/17 - M - OFF
10/10/17 - T - 4 miles @ 7:54-8:28 min/mile
10/11/17 - W - 4 miles @ 7:54-8:28 min/mile
10/12/17 - R - 6 miles @ 7:54-8:28 min/mile
10/13/17 - F - 6 miles @ 7:54-8:28 min/mile
10/14/17 - Sat - 5.1 miles @ 7:54-8:28 min/mile
10/15/17 - Sun -
Milwaukee Marathon 10k
10/16/17 - M - OFF
10/17/17 - T - 7 miles @ 7:54-8:28 min/mile
10/18/17 - W - 7 miles @ 7:54-8:28 min/mile + MBW
10/19/17 - R - 7 miles @ 7:54-8:28 min/mile
10/20/17 - F - 6 miles @ 7:54-8:28 min/mile
10/21/17 - Sat - 6 miles @ 7:54-8:28 min/mile + MBW
10/22/17 - Sun - 12 miles @ 7:35 min/mile (9/11)
10/23/17 - M - OFF
Total (training) mileage = 34.1 + 45.1 miles
Number of SOS intervals within pace = 9/11 (82%)
Three weeks post-marathon. I took one week off, then two weeks of only easy running. Now it's time to get down to business. I have still been feeling sore and stiff post-marathon. Not during normal life so much, but during the runs. So I took some time the other day to analyze other post-marathon periods to assess when I should start to feel normal again and when my HRvsPace should come back into pre-marathon levels.
https://www.disboards.com/threads/t...mments-welcome.3475601/page-143#post-58361829
The short of it is-
-Normally, take 14 days off, took 7 this time.
-Normally, restart training at 25-28 days
-Normally, start feeling normal (based on journal entries) about 21-35 days post marathon.
-Normally, my HR data comes back into pre-marathon levels after 42 days
-My Stravistix data takes about 49 days to hit pre-marathon levels.
I added back in the medicine ball workout (MBW). I decided to go with the 4 pound ball for now since I haven't done the workout in months and since my groin has been sore (and the reason for picking it back up). Boy, did my muscles let me know Thursday morning about how long it had been...
I started feeling normal again on Friday/Saturday and for sure on Sunday. So somewhere around 19-21 days post-marathon this time. The HR is still off at the moment, but know I now it'll come with time. My Stravistix Fitness is 90.1 (pre-LR) compared to my peak of 114.1.
As for the training, I'm re-focused now. I think I got a bit complacent. I was very confident I could hit a sub-3 in October all the way back in March/April based on some of the data then. I settled on trying to maintain fitness and just be prepared on race day. I knew it was going to happen. And then it didn't. It was a slap to the face after all the work I had put in. And it produced another low point in my running journey. Yes, I'm aware I PR'd. Yes, I'm aware I still have made great improvements. But I also know I was capable of more. I shed my tears and was ready to move on. Then some people not on Strava or the DIS shared their opinions on what I was capable of.
"Maybe it was time for me to change my focus and be content with not hitting my goals."
"Boston is not that cool of a city anyway."
"What's so important about it, it's not like you're qualifying for the Olympics."
"I was pretty confident you wouldn't hit your time goal."
Suffice to say, since the beginning of this journey 5.5 years ago and weighing 100 pounds more once in my life, I don't like people telling me they don't think I can do something. If I want it, I'll PROVE it, and will do whatever is necessary to get it. So not hitting my goal this past marathon knocked me down for a little bit, but now, I'm running with a higher focus and hunger then I've had in a long time. I want this and I will achieve it.
T+D of 110, rain, some wind.
Long Run = 7:35 min/mile
Long Run Window = +/- 10 seconds (7:25-7:45)
Happy to get back out there at a different pace then easy. It wasn't completely easy, but it was just about right.
Long Run = 7:25, 7:35, 7:17, 7:34, 7:35, 7:34, 7:30, 7:38, 7:31, 7:30, 7:23
Average HR = 145 (Historical 138-142), but HR was lower in last few intervals then beginning
As my daughter's favorite super hero says, "Don't make me angry. You won't like me when I'm angry." Except maybe it's more like a statement of re-focusing then it is a statement of me being angry. I'm generally not an angry person. Pretty even keel. But there's definitely something boiling underneath the surface.