Less than 9 weeks to the TCS New York City Marathon: Last week's training

After 5 days in the pool and a conservative week of training, I am happy to report that I'm back to workouts and bumping up the volume. With the momentum I had going with workouts, it was difficult to take a step back for a week and a half, but those workouts gave me the confidence to do so. While I do not know for sure what was the cause of the tightness, I won't regret the time off as long as I stay healthy through NYC.

As much as I can't stand the pool, knowing that the kind of minutes I had to put in last week were temporary, I was able to push through it. I was also able to talk some other runners into joining me. Turns out I'm not the only injured athlete in Portland! It also gave me time to go back and finally tackle season 1 of the Serial podcast, only a couple years behind. The excellent weather makes it that much more difficult to be trapped inside, but hopefully we have a similar fall to 2015 and I can't count on 70 degree weather through October!

Nothing overly interesting to report in terms of training for the past 7 days, but I am now back fully into marathon training mode and looking forward to sharing more with you next week. Thanks again for reading.

Weeks to go: 9	AM	PM	Strength/Drills	Mileage
Monday	90 minutes aqua jogging	off	1 hour	0
Tuesday	75 minutes aqua jogging	65 minutes aqua jogging		0
Wednesday	9.5 miles easy	off	40 minutes	17
Thursday	10 miles + drills and strides	5 miles		15
Friday	12 miles	5 miles	1 hour	17
Saturday	12 miles	1 hour aqua jogging	1 hour	12
Sunday	Long run w/Fartlek (5 min, 4, 3)(4, 3, 2)(3, 2, 1) w/half rest	off		20