Week two of New York City Marathon training is officially complete. It was a hot week which meant there were many sweat filled workouts but overall, the week went well. While I was nervous how my legs would respond to the increased mileage this week; it felt great to finally hurdle the 20 mile mark this week and finish feeling strong. 
As a recap, here is what my week looked like in terms of workouts:
- Monday: 5 mile tempo run
- Tuesday: An AM personal training session focused on legs and arms and a PM yoga session
- Wednesday: 3 mile speed workout
- Thursday: An AM personal training session focused on arms, back, and abs
- Friday: After 7 straight days of exercise, I enjoyed every second of this complete rest day.
- Saturday: A sweltering 9.75 mile run
- Sunday: 4 mile recovery run on the treadmill
This week I learned to focus on the purpose of each run before I begin. This helps me plan the run in my head mentally and envision success. For example, Sunday recovery runs are all about having fun. Some weeks I may run them with a friend at a leisurely pace while most Sundays I’ll run at a relaxing pace on the treadmill while watching Real Housewives. The toughest runs for me right now are the Monday tempo runs. They will increase in distance as training season progresses and I think it’s really important that they are a solid start to the week. For this reason, my goal is to switch them up each week. Last week’s run was done on a treadmill but this week’s run will be outside. In fact, I may even include a bridge just to keep things interesting.
If you’re interested in following my runs closer, I’m logging every run and workout on dailymile during marathon training.
nice job this week! 15 weeks to go! ahhhhhhhhh – so excited 🙂
that’s a great exercise to focus on the purpose of each run. and for your recovery, a dose of the real housewives is a hilarious reward!
i’m also looking to keep things interesting. my speed work and tempos and generally in the same places, but i change up the scenery on the long runs quite a bit.
on this saturday’s horrendous run, haha, i kept imagining it was the week before the marathon and i was out running the last 10 miles of the course. oh. so. beautiful. (can’t wait to actually do that).
good luck in week 3!
Great training week! I just finished up week 4 of training for the Frankfurt Marathon and seeing that in a few short weeks i’ll be running 18miles and then 20miles is a little daunting.
Awesome job! I’m in week 9 of training for Chicago and it’s definitely had its ups and downs. Love reading other posts about training!