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Monday Rest day! I cycled to the gym and did a full-body workout before work. Tuesday 13 km run in the morning before work. I wanted to get into the habit of running before work during this week, in which I started a new job. I felt sluggish starting out, but once I realised that […]
  • May 13, 2018
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Marathon Training Week 16 of 18

Monday Rest day! I cycled to the gym and did a full-body workout before work. Tuesday 13 km run in the morning before work. I wanted to get into the[…]
Monday Rest day! This week was my week off after finishing school, before starting a new job. Tuesday The beginning of my week off. I altered the schedule this week to include speedwork on my medium-long run. 4x1200m at around my 5km race pace. I have a hard time pacing myself through intervals, I usually […]
  • May 06, 2018
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Marathon Training Week 15 of 18

Monday Rest day! This week was my week off after finishing school, before starting a new job. Tuesday The beginning of my week off. I altered the schedule this week[…]
Monday The week started off with a long run, as I had fallen into a Monday schedule from Boston weekend. This was the hardest run to date, I think. I slept about 2 hours, and had insane digestive problems throughout the night and morning (Classic IBS). I hauled myself out of bed at 6, and […]
  • Apr 29, 2018
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Marathon Training Week 14 of 18

Monday The week started off with a long run, as I had fallen into a Monday schedule from Boston weekend. This was the hardest run to date, I think. I[…]
Monday This week began in Boston, on the day of the 2018 Marathon. I was there supporting Jon, as he ran his first Boston! I had put off my long run from the weekend. I got up with him, and we both layered up. We added a cheap plastic poncho to our gear from the […]
  • Apr 22, 2018
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Marathon Training Week 13 of 18

Monday This week began in Boston, on the day of the 2018 Marathon. I was there supporting Jon, as he ran his first Boston! I had put off my long[…]
Monday Rest day! Tuesday 18km with 6x600m. My first foray into speedwork since the ankle injury. Unsurprisingly, I was a lot slower than I’d hoped to be. I’d forgotten how awesome it feels after a speedy workout though! Wednesday Rest day! Thursday 13km, pushing the speed a little bit. I felt good! Friday Just a […]
  • Apr 15, 2018
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Marathon Training Week 12 of 18

Monday Rest day! Tuesday 18km with 6x600m. My first foray into speedwork since the ankle injury. Unsurprisingly, I was a lot slower than I’d hoped to be. I’d forgotten how[…]
Monday Marathon training week 10 began with a a 13km run. I had taken two days off from my long run on the weekend, to let the swelling in my ankle tendon go down a little. Things were feeling okay! Tuesday Rest again. Wednesday 16km today, cautiously raising that mileage. I ran first thing in […]
  • Apr 09, 2018
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Marathon Training Week 11 of 18

Monday Marathon training week 10 began with a a 13km run. I had taken two days off from my long run on the weekend, to let the swelling in my[…]
Monday Rest day. Tuesday A slow, cautious 7km run with my 5km run clinic. It felt great to be back running, albeit slowly! I was really grateful for the clinic this week. Running with people at an easy pace was just what I needed to regain confidence. Wednesday Only a little bit of soreness today, […]
  • Apr 01, 2018
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Marathon Training Week 10 of 18

Monday Rest day. Tuesday A slow, cautious 7km run with my 5km run clinic. It felt great to be back running, albeit slowly! I was really grateful for the clinic[…]
Monday Rest due to injury! My physio assessed the foot and advised me that there was a separate issue going on with my ankle. More acupuncture, stretching, etc. ensued. Tuesday Rest again. Wednesday Rest… again. Another physio appointment I hit the gym for a strength workout and did an elliptical workout. It felt pretty painless! […]
  • Mar 25, 2018
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Marathon Training Week 9 of 18

Monday Rest due to injury! My physio assessed the foot and advised me that there was a separate issue going on with my ankle. More acupuncture, stretching, etc. ensued. Tuesday[…]
Monday Rest day! I still have a running injury. I saw a physiotherapist, and he advised me to take it easy on the running if it was painful. He gave me some stretches and exercises to do. Tuesday 19km. My foot was still bothering me, but it was a little hard to tell if it […]
  • Mar 18, 2018
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Marathon Training Week 8 of 18

Monday Rest day! I still have a running injury. I saw a physiotherapist, and he advised me to take it easy on the running if it was painful. He gave[…]
Monday Marathon training week 7 began with an unexpected injury rest day. Some pain on the top of my right foot began this morning, between the 1st and 2nd metatarsal. It was very painful to walk! Tuesday Injury rest day. Still not feeling back to normal, though the foot was slightly less painful. I began […]
  • Mar 11, 2018
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Marathon Training Week 7 of 18

Monday Marathon training week 7 began with an unexpected injury rest day. Some pain on the top of my right foot began this morning, between the 1st and 2nd metatarsal.[…]
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