 One month of training is officially done- I have never felt so great during marathon training (well because I haven't done long long runs yet!) But overall, even with my mileage around 40 each week, I feel great. I have never been a real high mileage gal, because I would always get hurt. My body has adapted to the high mileage mostly because of lifting, stretching, and being vegan. Being vegan has helped my body recover faster than when I wasn't. For week 3 of training: Monday January 22nd: 4 miles easy in the morning at 8:32 pace and 30 minutes of lifting at night! Weight circuits; goblet squats, chest supported press, worlds greatest stretch, offset spilt squat, floor press, side plank, elbow push, eccentric bench pushup Core:Ab rollouts x 8, bird dog 6x/ side and shoulder tap plank. 3 rounds of core! Shoes: Hoka One One Clayton. Tuesday January 23rd: 6 easy miles in the Wiss at 8:37 pace Shoes: Hoka One One Clayton. Wednesday January 24th: Workout Wednesday!! 1.5 mile warm up 12 by 400 with 400 rest 1 mile CD 8.5 miles overall shoes: Nike Zoom Fly Lifting at night! Weight circuit: KBDL, DB Incline press, leg lower, PB leg curl out, Alt Bent Row, Tall Kneel ISO suitcase, SL RDL with reach ISO, Hollow Body Core: side planks, plank march, hollow body hold! 3 rounds of core. Thursday January 25th: rest day! Friday January 26th: 4 EZ post work on the SRT Shoes: ON cloudflow (realized how shot these shoes were and retired them :( ) Saturday January 27th: 12 miles at Valley Forge! I totally forgot how hilly Valley Forge was- had over 645 feet of elevation change, which is a lot for the Philadelphia Area! I felt really good during this run- it helped that it was warm and I was able to wear shorts. my overall pace ended up being 8:33 with the last mile in 7:53! aka goal marathon pace. Even though New Jersey Marathon is flat, getting some hills in during runs is helpful for the quads at the end of marathon! Shoes: Hoka One One Clifton Sunday January 28th: 6 easy miles with my boyfriend in Jersey Shoes: Hoka One One clayton OVERALL MILEAGE FOR THIS WEEK: 40.5 miles! Week 4 of NJ Marathon Training! Monday January 29th: 3.5 easy treadmill miles at 9:15 pace Shoes: Hoka One One Clayton Followed by weight lifting! Weight circuit:Weight circuits; goblet squats, chest supported press, worlds greatest stretch, offset spilt squat, floor press, side plank, elbow push, eccentric bench pushup Core:side plank, bird dog 6x/ side and shoulder tap plank. 3 rounds of core! Tuesday January 30th: OFF DAY! Wednesday January 31st: 3 ez treadmill miles! at 9 minute pace Shoes: New pair of Hoka One One Claytons (kona edition!) 5 miles in the afternoon along the tow path in Manayunk post work! 8:13 pace Shoes: Hoka One One Challenger 8 miles for the day!! February is the month of the City Fit Girls Streak! City Fit Girls is motivating you to do 30 minutes of exercise each day or run a mile on day. So for everyday in February I will be doing some exercise. check out this blog on cityfitgirls.com about the streak: cityfitgirls.com/blog//join-the-challenge-cfgstreak Thursday February 1st: Workout Thursday! 1.5 mile warm up 8 by 600 at 6:30 with 400 rest 1 mile warm down. This workout I went a little too fast on these intervals the first two were a struggle and I didn't feel good at all, I was miserable and then felt myself getting into the groove of it and getting a lot quicker! It was good that I was going that fast, but too fast too soon can lead to burning out and I don't want that to happen! 7.3 miles at 7:30 pace. Shoes: Nike Zoom Fly. 24 minutes of weight circuits at night: Weight circuit: KBDL, DB Incline press, leg lower, PB leg curl out, Alt Bent Row, Tall Kneel ISO suitcase, SL RDL with reach ISO, Hollow Body Core: side planks, plank march, hollow body hold! 4 rounds of core. Friday February 2nd: 3.5 miles at Ridley State Park post work! It was so cold out my watch shut off! The park was closing at shut down and I was nervous I would get locked in- so I did a quick 3.5 miles- I did out in back and turned around at 1.75 miles and then once my watch hit 2 miles- I guess it decided to shut off! Shoes: Hoka One One Challenger ATR Saturday February 3rd: 5 easy miles at 8:38 pace- my quads were really sore from my workout so I took it really easy! shoes: Hoka One One Kona Clayton Sunday February 4th: Finished off the week with a nice easy 10 miles at 8:27 pace. Shoes: Hoka One One Clifton! Ran in my New New Aero Capris in big blue from Oiselle which has a nice big pocket in the back that fits my phone! The capris have a beautiful pleat design and the color is beautiful as well. I wore my Oiselle Flyout Long sleeve too which has a polatrec fabric on the front that keeps my core nice and warm while it started to snow in the middle of my run! OVERALL MILEAGE FOR THE WEEK:37.3 miles! Ready for the next couple of months of training! 
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