Tuesday: 4.5 miles (7:01); 11.7 (6:38). Went to the doctor for an iron test and got my results back. It's not as low as it was in September, when I had to cancel the Columbus Marathon four weeks out, but it's getting there. With the half-marathon championships in about six weeks, maybe I have time to get it back up. I'll "pump some iron" and go for another test in a couple of weeks. I'll still train hard but take more liberal recovery.
Wednesday: 5.9 miles (6:45); 11.7 miles with 8x400m with 400m jog. Was gunning for 62 lows because of the iron issue and ended up running 8:13 for my total time, which is like 61.5 or so. These were actually pretty easy and I never got the booty lock feeling I would get during this workout in college. Should probably have done 10-12 of these because the 400m jog recovery was way too much.
Thursday: 5.7 miles (6:53); 10.7 miles (6:59)
Friday: 4.3 miles (7:23); 9.6 miles with 6xstrides (6:48)
Saturday: 15.4 miles with 11.2 mile race in 63:30. Ran a medium effort for a while and then got lazy. Too hot, too humid; 5.1 miles (7:26)
Sunday: 9.4 miles (6:38); 5.4 miles (7:16)
Week Total= 115.5 miles. With the iron issue, it was a bummer of a week. I'm scrapping the Music City Distance Carnival on June 1st (bye bye sub 14 attempt) and hoping to rally back in time before the half-marathon. Even if it's still low, I'll probably still try but hopefully I caught it early enough. Let's look at my iron history over the last few months. First, my iron tanked in mid September. Two weeks prior, I ran at the Hood to Coast Relay with a double ear-infection and ran three legs, averaging sub 5:00 pace for 20+ miles, with no sleep. My iron wasn't low but wasn't great three weeks before Houston. Two weeks prior, I ran a steady marathon. Now it's in between last December and last September. Two weeks ago, I ran the Country Music Marathon. I would guess that's all related. I don't plan on stopping my steady marathons, but will dose more iron before/after. We will see what next week brings...
Week Total= 115.5 miles. With the iron issue, it was a bummer of a week. I'm scrapping the Music City Distance Carnival on June 1st (bye bye sub 14 attempt) and hoping to rally back in time before the half-marathon. Even if it's still low, I'll probably still try but hopefully I caught it early enough. Let's look at my iron history over the last few months. First, my iron tanked in mid September. Two weeks prior, I ran at the Hood to Coast Relay with a double ear-infection and ran three legs, averaging sub 5:00 pace for 20+ miles, with no sleep. My iron wasn't low but wasn't great three weeks before Houston. Two weeks prior, I ran a steady marathon. Now it's in between last December and last September. Two weeks ago, I ran the Country Music Marathon. I would guess that's all related. I don't plan on stopping my steady marathons, but will dose more iron before/after. We will see what next week brings...
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