So as everyone probably read about, Liz was one of three Danyliw's that completed the NYC Marathon. Unfortunately my season does not end until the Philly Marathon. In my mind I had great dreams about sticking to a very strict training/nutrition regimen and then allowing myself to gorge a little post-race (Thanksgiving the following weekend means I get to eat some pumpkin pie!!!). What I wasn't expecting was a perfect storm of excuses...a really crappy work week, Liz going through her post-race diet of pizza and ice cream, and a very worn out body. Should have seen this coming but I spiraled down into a few missed workouts this week and some excellent, most unhealthy meals.As soon as I started my 20 miler on Saturday morning I knew last night's dinner of pizza and dessert was a poor choice. Determined to run 8 of the 20 miles at goal pace and 8 at goal pace plus 30 seconds (per my training schedule), I dug deep and pushed through. You'd think living in a city, people would be used to me yelling at my legs to hurry the F* up but apparently I just got a lot of scared looks. Lesson learned though and I'm looking forward to a 2 week taper before the race- I see lots of yoga and healthy food in my near future.
* The one benefit to only running twice last week was my knee finally feels normal again (small concession for such a crap training week).
2 comments:
How you gonna run 3:10 if you turn into a fat bastard? Put the damn cannoli down and eat an apple!
You still aiming for a 3:10?
Yeah, turning fat right before a race is never a good idea. As for the 3:10 (7:17 pace)...not gonna happen. I tried running a 7 miler at qualifying pace and fell short with a 7:27 average. I'll give an update when I decide on a final race pace goal but I know its got to be faster than 3h 53m!
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