I might take back the statement I’m about to make in a few weeks, but…I think the hardest thing about marathon training is not the long Saturday runs but the semi-long mid-week Wednesday runs. Certainly the Saturday long runs are the most taxing on my legs and take up the most time. but they are easy to plan for as far as fitting them in and eating properly around the run. The only really inconvenient thing about these long runs is that it makes it hard to go away for the weekend because Bennett is not training with me, and therefore, I can’t run where ever I am that weekend. I need to be in DC since my long run partners are in DC.
But, mid-week semi-long runs have become progressively longer and more difficult to fit in on a work day. Today’s run was 7 miles. Over the next month or so they will work up to 10 miles. These runs are supposed to be run at a relaxed easy pace which just takes time for those of us that are not fast runners. As the runs get longer, I can’t just roll out of bed and run; I have to eat breakfast and digest it before running. Luckily I work from home on Wednesdays to break up my evil commute. Otherwise I don’t know how I’d do it. Even running after work would make dinner sooo late. As I look ahead to the very small idea of running another marathon (hopefully training with Bennett) it’s these mid-week runs that make me sigh and hope I will always have a mid-week telework day.
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