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Rest Day And Marathon Inspiration
Treated myself to a rare rest day today (unless you can count 20 minutes of grass cutting as a workout of course). My goal for Frederick has been a conservative taper and I’m determined not to “test myself one last time” before Sunday’s race as I’ve been prone to do in the past — right [...]
Rare Running Rest Day
Decided on a rare rest day today – well, a rest day from running anyway. Instead of a run, I rode indoors for 45 minutes and did Week 3 Day 1 of the Hundred Push Ups plan. The ride went well, and I’m happy that the saddle soreness is finally going away. The push ups [...]
McMillan Custom Marathon Plan: Week 17 Day 3
Week 17, Day 3 Phase: Marathon Workout: 65 to 75 minute Easy Run Purpose: Build Endurance Here’s an unusual diary entry: no run today! The last day I didn’t run was way back on June 27th (3 days before I started the McMillan Custom Marathon Plan). During the last 17 weeks of training I’ve not [...]
Just A Run
Tonight there was no Garmin GPS and no Polar stopwatch; it was just an easy five mile run. I’ve been digesting my McMillan marathon training plan and one of the key concepts is the following: Stress a muscle or energy system and it will adapt to a higher functional level. But the key factor that [...]
Running Rest Day
Too much going on to get a run in today, but I did manage to complete Week 3 Workout 2 of the 100 Push Ups for Breakfast plan. I have to say, it’s getting really difficult to finish the workout. For example, today started with 22 push ups followed by 90 seconds rest – fairly [...]
Running Rest Day
Nice to take a recovery day today after 5 consecutive days of running. However, it wasn’t a total day of rest, as tonight I started Week 3 of my Push Ups Quest For Strength plan and also did 100+ various crunches. Back to the plan tomorrow and hopefully my legs will thank me for resting [...]
