I can’t believe that the New York City Marathon is only 60 days away! While that may seem like a long time to some people, in my brain that only means a few things:
- I’ve already completed 8 weeks of training!
- 6 more long runs
- 6 more speed workouts
- 1 half marathon (Philadelphia RNR Half Marathon on September 18th)
- Three more sports massages (I’m investing in one every 3 weeks during training)
- Due to travel, I’ll be running in 6 cities before the marathon (Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Charleston, Tampa, Savannah, and Boston).
Instead of getting scared or intimidated by these things, I’m getting super excited! I’m embracing my travel schedule by planning fun runs, join ups, and races in each of these cities so I can stick to my travel schedule. My running coach and I also evaluated my schedule yesterday and made a few tweaks to it so that I can continue having great results. 
The Changes:
- I will still meet with my personal trainer two times per week but we are going to focus on more dynamic workouts that are running focused between now and the marathon. We will start lifting heavy again after the marathon!
- I am going to focus on using yoga and swimming as my cross training instead of spin. I found that spin was leaving my legs too tired for strong running workouts the following day because I was pushing myself too hard.
- My basic runs will start including striders.
- I am going to wear my Zensah calf sleeves for every run as I’ve been suffering from some minor shin splints and calf pain. I noticed a huge difference in the pain on Friday when I didn’t use them.
Week 8 Review: August 29th- September 4th
Monday: 4 mile basic run
Tuesday: Personal Training appointment
Wednesday: 4 mile speed workout including 6 sets of pickups
Thursday: Rest Day
Friday: 15 mile long run with Katherine and Melissa Z
Saturday: Personal Training appointment
Sunday: 60 minutes of amazing Vinyasa yoga
Total mileage: 23 miles
This week’s plan is very similar except my mileage will be increasing and I’ll be having a few two a day workouts this week. But, as you can see it’s balanced with plenty of recovery and cross training.
Week 9 Plan: September 5th-September 11th
Monday: 3/4 mile swim + 3 mile basic run
Tuesday: 45 minute spin workout+ 10 minutes foam rolling
Wednesday: 6 mile speed workout including 6 sets of pickups+ personal training session
Thursday: Rest Day
Friday: 16 mile long run
Saturday: Personal Training appointment+3 mile recovery run+ Vitality Class
Sunday: 60 minutes of amazing Vinyasa yoga
Total mileage: 28 miles
