Hello fitness friends! Here’s my recap, as usual, of training for my next marathon, which is the Dingle, Ireland marathon September 6th.
I somehow got a week behind, so here’s a recap of 7 and 6 weeks out!
7 Weeks Until the Dingle Marathon!
Monday: 7 solo miles before work, physio at Purus over lunch (to stay on top of the ankle tendonitis.)
Tuesday: 4×12 minutes at marathon pace with 4 minute jog in between for 10 miles total before work, and then we had a social office run after work, 3 miles, so 13 miles on the day. Big day! I also had personal training over lunch.
Wednesday: Much needed rest day from running, though I did do a Heartcore pilates reformer class after work.
Thursday: 2×20 minutes at marathon pace with 4 minute jog in between, 8.6 miles. Second personal training session of the week over lunch.
Friday: 8.2 miles with friends before work.
Saturday: 18 mile long run, with friends for 13 and solo for the last 5, which made it tough!
Sunday: “Summer League”- our run club is in a circuit with several other London run clubs of free races hosted by each club (only for registered club members). This one was a 10k in Regent’s Park; since I had run 18 miles the day before, I didn’t plan on racing it, but I did push myself a little bit harder than easy. With the jog to get to the park + the 10k I had 8.6 miles total.
Summary: 1 pilates, 2 PT sessions, and a high mileage week with 63 miles (that Tuesday double definitely helpd with the big miles.)
6 Weeks until the Dingle Marathon:
Monday: Much needed rest day after the big week; I did do a Pilates reformer class after work
Tuesday: 5×6 minutes around 8:15 min/mile, with a 2 min jog in between. My friend Kelly joined me of the session; 8.7 miles total.
Loving these Bandit tops! I hope they come out with more colours.
Personal training over lunch- my normal trainer was on a surfing trip in Portugal, so she booked me in with one of the other female trainers at the gym named Ezgi. I think Ezgi was trying to prove that she’s “harder” than Becky, so she pushed me very hard! But it was a really good session.
Wednesday: Some soreness from the heavy lifting the day before; I decided to run home from work the long way, through Hyde park and Marylebone, ending in Primrose park before Hampstead where I ran into a 4-month old vizsla puppy! So cute. 6 miles total.
Thursday: I combined a run commute into the office with my second ‘session’ of the week, which was 3×15 minutes at marathon pace. I did have a backpack with my laptop in it for the first 4 miles (and first 15 minute session) so it felt amazing to make a quick pitstop at the office to drop the pack off and head out for the rest of the run so much lighter! Guess that’s how it feels after you lose some weight – so much easier. 8.5 miles total.
Did I mention it was also pouring rain this whole run? I was worried about my laptop in my backpack, but it stayed dry somehow in my Ultimate Direction pack.
Friday: Early run with Ruth, 7 miles.
That evening, Dustin and I went to see Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Bridge Theatre; we had tickets for the floor/standing, which was immersive and very cool. 11/10 theatre experience! Highly recommend.
Saturday: I had plans to do my long run with a group on Sunday, so Dustin and I had a more casual Saturday morning with a jog down the canal to Towpath Cafe in De Beauvoir, a neighborhood on the east side of London. We brought Ruth along and she was pretty patient/well-behaved while we enjoyed a delicious post-run brekkie.
We met yet another vizsla while we were there who looked like Ruth’s twin! Her name was Ruby. First pic is Ruth, second is Ruby!
Getting to Towpath Cafe was about 7 miles and we brought our running packs with dry/warmer clothes, and then we took the tube back to Hampstead.
Sunday: First 20 miler of the season for Dingle! 4 solo, 15 with friends, 1 more solo. Not terrible.
Summary: 1 pilates reformer, 1 personal training session, and 57 miles of running. Less than the week before, but still a big week of marathon training.
In other news, the company I work for is doing work-from-anywhere August; August is a huge month for holiday in Europe and a few of the partners go back to Italy or Spain for the month. However, its not just a Europe thing, they are offering this to our US offices as well. Unfortunately with our house closing coming in Minneapolis, the only trip we have planned is a week back there to clear out out house (putting some things in storage, selling some things, donating the rest.)
September and October, however, will have some really fun travel though that I’m excited about! And selling our house is a one-time thing that will be a big relief when it’s all done, so even though we had hoped to fit in a beach holiday, we’ll focus on the house stuff and be done with all that.
Back to work-from-anywhere August: I still plan to go in Tues/Thursday when I have personal training sessions, as it’s right by the office and I occasionally have evening plans near the office as well. Honestly, I kind of enjoy going in, more than I did in Minneapolis- probably because I don’t have to drive! I also like the lunch options near the office, I like run commuting, etc. But I am happy to have a bit more flexibility for the month and will definitely be working from home a bit more than usual. It will make things easier for fitting in higher mileage!
I’m linking up with Running on the Fly and Confessions of a Mother Runner; check out their blogs to connect with other fitness bloggers for workout ideas and inspiration!
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