The Life and Times of the Watters Family

Marathon Training - Week 4

Ok, a quick update. Week 4 of my training should’ve started on July 5th. However, I was traveling out of town all week and it cramped my ability to keep up with my training as well as I would’ve liked. I did run about 5 miles one of the days that I was out of town, but I skipped both the 3 mile runs and I still haven’t run the 8 mile, which I was supposed to run on Sunday. It’s tough to run 8 miles when you’re traveling from 5:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Needless to say, I’m a little behind.

Fortunately, I had an extra week difference between when I started training and what the schedule called for. I had intended to double up Week 5 and just do it twice, but I think what I’ll actually end up doing is stretching Week 4 out over two weeks. This’ll hopefully do two things. First, it’ll give my knee a shot at getting better before I try to attempt 8 miles. Also, it’ll keep me from over-exerting myself trying to just overcome the gaps I left in my training. I think this’ll be good, because I don’t want to injure myself and not be able to finish my training. Anyway, watch for the real Week 4 to start tomorrow (Tuseday, July 12th).

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