I’ve got a feeling that this week is going to be even better than last week. This evening’s four mile run relieved all of the day’s stress and left me excited for the week. It’s views like this, the time with my thoughts, and inspirations from my coach and friends that have me ready for a great week. The biggest advice I give to anyone who is marathon training is to keep putting one foot in front of the next each day. I know that there will be more than a few rough runs during these 16 weeks of training but tonight’s run made it all worth it. Warm air, a fresh breeze, time with my thoughts, and other runners on the path smiling and waving left me smiling at 8pm.

You can’t ask for much more than that from a run.

This week’s mileage is 29 versus last week’s 25 but it’s broken up across 5 days with my longest run being 12 miles and shortest being Friday’s 3 miles. The goal for this week’s long run is to listen to my coach.

• Start early
• Log 8 miles as close to 10:30 pace before the NYRR Central Park 4 miler
• Log 4 miles during the race at either 10:30 or faster, depending on how I’m feeling.
• Bring fuel
• Listen to Tina Fey’s book during my run to help me get in the zone

Since I don’t know anyone training at this pace, I’m going to leave the house early and run solo. I’m also going to pick my bib up on Thursday so I don’t have to worry about doing that Saturday before the race. Ideally I’ll show up right as the race starts and just get in the back so I don’t have a long downtime.

If you’re training, how was last week? Any tough lessons you learned or changes you’re making?