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

With another high volume and relatively high quality week in the books, I'm looking forward to the Great North Half-Marathon in just a few days (Sept. 9th). The training posted below finishes at 7 days from the race, and I decided not to start resting for this race just yet, but I am now currently taking some easy days with the hope of feeling fresh and mixing it up with a very deep field. I'll be lining up next to guys I have raced many times in the past, so I expect to feel right at home. Fortunately I will have a very short flight from Prague directly into Newcastle, so travel will not be an issue. It will also mark the close of my European training phase and I will head back to Portland a few days after the race.

I'll post an update following the race and do my best to get back into marathon training as quickly as possible. Thanks again for reading and feel free to check out last week's training below.

141	Monday	8/27/2018	AM: 14, 45 minutes strength PM: 6
	Tuesday	8/28/2018	AM: 12.5 +drills and strides PM: 6
	Wednesday	8/29/2018	Tempo, 4-3-2-1 miles, 3 min, 2 min, 1 min recovery (4:45 pace, 4:43 pace, 4:40 pace, 4:36 pace)
	Thursday	8/30/2018	AM: 14 PM: 6
	Friday	8/31/2018	AM: 12.5 + drills and strides PM: 6
	Saturday	9/1/2018	AM: 14, 45 minutes strength PM: 6
	Sunday	9/2/2018	Modified long run: 5 miles easy, 4 miles@4:55-5:00, 2 miles 4:40- 4:45, 2 miles easy, 3 miles @4:55-5:00, 2 miles @4:40-4:45, 4 miles easy, 22 total