Week 8

I looked at my running schedule and I'm set for a 2 week taper leading into the race.  Since I'm a week behind due to my injury, I decided to just make it a 1 week taper leading into the week and push the rest of the training back a week.  

Here is the plan for the week:

Mon: Crosstrain 45 Minutes

I swapped my crosstrain day with my easy jog day.  Instead of crosstraining for 45 minutes, I ended up running 2 miles based on the distance I was supposed to do on Sunday.  

Tues: Interval Train 4 Miles

Today, I donated blood!  They warn against strenuous activity for 24 hours after giving blood.  I didn't think running would be too strenuous, plus I'd have several hours to recover before going out on my run.  Long story short, I just didn't have it today.  Stopped after a little over a mile, walked another mile and a quarter before heading to the house.  Hoping I'll be in better form tomorrow.

Wed: Easy Jog 2 Miles

Went a little slower than usual, but knocked it out.

Thu: Tempo Train 3.5 Miles

Made it about 1.5 miles before calling it quits and walking back to the house.  Think I'm going to need to change things up.

Fri: Rest

Rested

Sat: Distance Train 7.5 Miles

Well this felt like an absolute failure.  Ended up stopping after 1.75 miles.  Walked another 3 miles before calling it a day.  It has been exceptionally warm this February.  Today's high pushed 80 degrees.  Either way, I'm comfortable running in 40-50 degree weather and I was out there in 76+ degree weather with a stiff breeze.  I just never really got comfortable and I gave up early instead of trying to push through.  I'm letting my body rest a little more, knowing that I have 4 more weekends before race weekend and that I have little room for error before the big race.

Sun: Easy Jog 1.5 Miles