Las Vegas RnR Training - Week 6 and 7

Today is Turkey day.  Today is also mid-week seven.  Las Vegas RnR is ten days away ...  The last couple of weeks I focused on running not much else.  I think my bootcamp experiment last Saturday wasn't the brightest idea because although the soreness is gone, the legs feels tighter than they had.  I ran them too hard the last couple of weeks I think.  I read a post from Hal Higdon today about how a lot of people believe they have to train hard all the time.  I am probably one of these people lol.  I played dodgeball at the gym this morning it was a lot of fun.  My gym closed early for turkey day so when the game was over I found myself wondering where to go for my scheduled 4 miler ... I settled on the Everett marina and off I went.

It was a cold windy day out there.  I did the loop along the Navy base then via Grand avenue, Legion Park and back so the entire loop was about 6.5 miles ... It's a nice little route.  I ran it fast, under 56 minutes so it was close to my 10k pace.  I struggled some to keep the pace.  I didn't need to run that fast and I went over the schedule.  So yeah, I am one of these people that train hard all the time.  Could had use a easier run today.  Higdon advise recreational runners need days that they run short an easy, to run relaxed, to avoid burn out.  Seven weeks into the training I am starting to feel the strain.  I was wondering during my run if maybe I just need to train on a 6 - 7 weeks schedule rather than 8 to 12 weeks.  I seemed to be peaking at 8 weeks for the BBM and this time around it seems I have been the best at week 6 ... It'll be interesting to see how it goes for the Las Vegas marathon.  My goal is really for a strong finish.  That means not so much faster finish rather than finishing in better shape, stronger (less pain, less fatigue and less soreness afterwards).

Nevertheless I should  make sure I incorporate easy runs.  Maybe markup the scheduled easy days as a reminder.  Then if the day feels like a hard run then make it a hard one lol.  Now that I signed up for the last chance marathon Dec 31st, it'll be interesting to see how I feel with a 4 weeks training schedule.  Well ... Not much training in 4 weeks since the first is for recovery and the last for taper ...  But for now I should focus on Las Vegas, right? ... Run easy runs this week end ... easy runs next week ... Have fun in Vegas ... Meet people and run a great marathon !  

Well ta ta for now everyone ... Enjoy your Turkey day ... Happy feasting ... Happy running !