Could someone please find a way to slow these days down a little?! While the summer heat is making running a challenge, I am by no means ready to wish away the season.
And, speaking of days flying by, it’s hard to believe that I’ve now finished 5 weeks of marathon training. Here’s how the week went down.
Chicago Marathon Training Week 5
Monday — 4-mile run.
Tuesday — Spent all day at a conference for work so this was a “rest” day.
Wednesday — 5.25-mile run. This run was the highlight of the week! There was a break in the humidity, and everything just seemed to click.
Thursday — 5-mile run. Oh, what a difference a day makes! The humidity came roaring back and this run was just a miserable slog.
Friday — Yoga.
Saturday — Narragansett Summer Running Festival 10K (recap to come)
a total sweat fest, but so much fun!
Today was all about hanging at the beach!
Total miles for the week — 20.45
Week 5 of @chimarathon training is in the books! #runchat #mychicagomarathon #marathontraining #keepshowingup Click To TweetDespite the humidity, the miles rolled along. I knew it was going to be a challenge with my schedule to fit a strength workout in, so I switched things up and went with daily core work and that worked well. Coach Marc wants to try 5 days of running this week so I may stick with shorter strength workouts. I want to keep up the core work and key exercises focusing on my hips and glutes. I’ll be curious to see how I feel running for 5 days.
How was your week? How many days a week do you typically run?
I’m linking up with Deborah and Kim for the Weekly Run Down.
I am impressed! You have really had a stellar start to your training even in the heat and humidity. I am a 3x a week runner. I wish I could do more but I need the day in between off and I do my strength training on those days. Thanks for linking up!
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Thanks Deborah – this weather is certainly not making it easy but I’m doing what I can 🙂
I’m so proud of you and how well you are doing with this training plan! I’ll be curious to hear how you do with 5x/week running. I did 4x/week for my marathons. Now I run 3x/week and I won’t lie, I miss that 4th day. But my body doesn’t.
Have a great week!
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Awww thanks so much Wendy! No lie, the thought of 5x/wk makes me a little nervous, but I promised myself from the start that I would just embrace the training plan day by day and see how it goes. Keeping my fingers crossed!
I’m excited to hear more about your race…your smile certainly indicates it was a great day 😉 Your 26.2 training has been going well 😉
The conditions were tough but I did have fun 😉
Awesome job with week 5 of training!
I think that doing the daily core exercises in lieu of extra strength training was a good idea. Its so hard to fit everything in when training!
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Thanks Kim! It is harder to fit everything in than I thought it would be. I am always so impressed by how much you get done!
the beach is my favorite part of your week.
Can’t wait to hear about the race.
You are rockin this training.
I feel like a slacker.
The beach was my favorite part too 😉
great week Michelle and DAMN you look STRONG in that last photo!!! good going!
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Thanks so much, Renée!
Great week! I try to run at least four time, and I do Orange Theory once a week which has a little bit of a running component. Working on increasing the distance I run outside of my long run though….
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I would really like to try OTF – it seems like everyone who does it really enjoys it!
Isn’t it crazy what a difference heat and humidity makes? Way to kick butt though and stick it out on those miles when the temps switched up on you. This seems like a solid week so I can’t wait to see how you’ll do as your training goes along!
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The double whammy of heat & humidity really take a lot out of me – it’s like night and day when we can catch a break on the humidity.
How can you be 5 weeks deep into training already?? Time flies too fast, even in this heat. You’re slaying your training! I ran 3 days/week for all of my marathons except 4x/week for NYCM. I’m a less is more kind of girl.
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I’m with you on the “less is more” approach. Running 5x/wk will be an interesting challenge for sure!
I feel like our summer is almost over! Our kids go back to school in early August, so we are at the end! Dang it!
I run 3-4 days a week.I wish I could do more but my body just isn’t on board with it.
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You are really doing great with your running. Yes, you are “glowing “ in that last photo but look at those shoulders—your strength training is paying off too!
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I run around 4-6 times a week when I’m training for something and 3-5 when I’m not training for something specific
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The training for the marathon in summer is tough but you are doing a very good job.
Now I run 3/4 days per week but before the incident my scheduled plan was 5 days: the cross training included swimming.
Good mileage! I usually run three times a week, sometimes four, and I like to do 20 miles a week or a little more as I find that keeps me well. Now there is no racing, haha! And I hear you on the time rushing by – how is it now July and all my races done I’ve been planning since November?
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