Somehow time flew by and I’m already in Boston Marathon training. These last two weeks have been very emotionally draining and stressful. My mom has been dealing with some health issues that have worsened rapidly over the last few months of 2024. I have felt almost zero motivation to do anything. Most days I’ve wanted to lie in bed and cry, but as a mom of three, and as someone who has a big marathon goal coming up, I can’t do that. There’s been a lot going on over the past few weeks: my nephew Will and my daughter Autumn both celebrated their 7th birthday, my uncle passed away, I attended several doctor’s appointments for my Mom, we hosted Christmas and I caught the Flu. The first two weeks didn’t start off without a hitch, but I got some decent runs in and know the first two weeks aren’t as important as the middle and later weeks.
Boston Marathon Training Weeks 1 and 2 Recap
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Week 1- December 16-22nd
Monday- 5 miles at 7:47 pace and weight training
Tuesday-3.1 miles at 8:45 pace and weight training
Wednesday- not sure what happened here
Thursday- 5 miles at 9:07 pace
Friday- 3.1 miles at 8:27 pace
Saturday- Autumn’s Birthday party day
Sunday- 11 miles at 8:55 pace
Week total: 27.2 miles
Week 2- December 23-29th
Monday-3.75 with a 15 min tempo run at 7:30 pace in the middle
Tuesday-5 miles at 7:25 min pace
Wednesday-Christmas Day- took the day off
Thursday-6.21 miles at 8:38 pace
Friday-6 miles at 7:38 pace (starting to feel the flu coming on)
Saturday- 8 miles at 8:35 pace (with full blown flu- didn’t know for sure until later that day when I tested
Sunday- off recovering
Week total: 28.96
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