......until the New York City Marathon! Yes, that is all that remains until I run my 5th Marathon. I've actually begun my training today with a rest day. My training schedule is taped to the inside of my kitchen cabinet, my spreadsheet is prepared and my mind is now in "Marathon Mode".
These 16 weeks are broken down to daily runs; speed sessions, marathon pace, long runs, recovery runs and strength training. My food/nutrition is being tweaked to make sure I'm as fit as possible. All of this is done a day at a time. I've learned from past training schedules that if I look too far ahead, I get nervous, anxious and doubt my abilities.
I've got 3 races planned during this time as well, and they will be taken as they come. I know I can run this distance, I know I can do the training. I've set a time goal that would be a new personal best for me. I will keep that in my sites as I run my marathon pace runs. So I take each week, each session as it comes and do what is infront of me. To do my best is my goal. Bring it on!
PS: I haven't written on here since my last marathon; London but I haven't been just sitting around. My running has been going well. I took some time off to recover from the excellent experience and eased back into my running.
I participated in my 5th Cancer UK Race For Life to benefit the charity and honour my Mom's memory. It is the only 5K (or shorter) distance I race because it is so fast. The thousands of women running is a real tribute to the cause and always brings a tear to my eye as I remember the battle my Mom experienced with her cancer. She lost her battle in August of 1990 and I attribute her battle to getting me started walking and now her memory which started my joy of running.
I also wanted to test myself with a long trail experience between London and New York. I took part in the 15.1 mile Garburn Trail in Cumbria in Mid June. It was marvelous and the sites were incredible. I've done several of the Lakeland Trail series before, but this is by far the hardest and longest of them all. I always look forward to the off road "mountain" trails.
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