As we approach the peak weeks in the training plan for the Stratford Marathon the volume of running goes up quite a bit. And that has coincided with a week of pretty windy weather and a hectic schedule. As always the strength training has been sacrificed and some of the runs cut a bit short on what was intended.
The plan this week was for a total mileage of around 37 miles - 4 miles easy on Tuesday (😀 - that went to plan), then 7 miles tempo on Thursday (😐 - only time for 4 miles, but did run it at interval pace rather than tempo pace). Saturday morning was very windy with gusts of 53 mph. And because of that Parkrun was cancelled because of the danger of branches coming off trees 😥. The plan said 8 miles easy on Saturday which is possible if you do parkrun then one of the local loops which is about 5 miles but there isn't a convenient mile loop. I spent most of the day watching the weather forecast and waiting for the wind to drop which it did for a couple of hours so managed to get out for a bit.
Sunday's plan was 18 miles but again windy, cold and hailstones thrown in 😧. By the time the watch said 16 miles I'd had enough of being blown around so headed home instead of repeating a two mile loop. Standing under the hot shower after being out was lovely.
Strength training though was well below what was planned with several sessions missed 😖 because of extra Scout meetings in the evenings.
This week's stats:
Miles: 30.78
Elevation gained: 446m
LeJog: 254.8 (just passed Hereford)
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