Week 5 & 6 of New Jersey Marathon Training

​WEEK OF JANUARY 5TH-JANUARY 11th:

MONDAY: 
Kept the City Fit Girls Streak going when I took a day off running and did active recovery with some core, stretching and yoga. 

TUESDAY:
First run of the week was a 7 mile tempo done in 57:36 at 8:12 pace. Got a couple miles at goal marathon pace at 7:50-8. 
Shoes: Hoka One One Clayton. 

WEDNESDAY:
Easy 5.5 miles with City Fit Girls! We checked out the new part of the Schuykill River Trail that extends about 1/4 mile towards Christian Street! 
Shoes: Hoka One One Challenger ATR 3. 

THURSDAY: 
My workout days switch according to my work schedule, working two jobs is a little hard trying to squeeze in workouts in the morning so I like to do it on my days off- usually with my long runs I'm fine with running before work (which is kinda weird haha) So my day off ended up on a Thursday! First time running in my Nike Vaporflys. holy. wow. fast. soft. responsive. (will be writing a blog on them and the Nike Zoom Fly!) 
workout: 
1.5 mile WU 
6 by 800 (3:24, 3:21, 3:18, 3:14, 3:14, 3:09) a litttttle quick
400 rest in between
1.5 mile CD
7.5 miles at 7:35 pace. 
Shoes: Nike Vaporfly 4%

Shakeout elliptical followed by some weight lifting.


FRIDAY:
my legs were a little shot from the workout and did about 3.6 miles after work at 9:19 (probably faster) my watch in the city said I was running 14 minute mile pace...... it felt nice to shake out the legs and take it easy! 
shoes: Hoka One One Clayton

SATURDAY::  
14 miles! My garmin decided to shut off at 6 miles and I didn't notice for a while- and tracked the rest on my phone. I was feeling good, but annoyed that my watch had shut off. 
14 miles around 8:20 pace. 
Shoes: Hoka One One Clifton. 

SUNDAY:
5 easy recovery miles after work! 
Shoes: Hoka One One Clayton. 

Finished this week off with my most mileage after this training cycle!!

OVERALL: 42.7 miles

WEEK OF JANUARY 12th- JANUARY 18th:

MONDAY: 
3 ez miles post work. my legs felt great and ran 7:49 pace! ooops. I mostly run in neutral shoes with superfeet even though I pronate and will sometimes run in stability just for a little more support so I decided to run in my Adidas Supernova ST. The boost foam that Adidas uses is so soft and Ive ran 2 out of my 3 marathons in Adidas! 

TUESDAY:
My workout this week fell on a Tuesday! 
1.5 mile WU 
5 by 1k (4:20, 4:17, 4:13, 3:58, 4;00) 
400 rest 
1.5 mile CD
7.3 miles at 7:44 
Shoes: Nike Vaporfly 4% 

WENDESDAY: 
Woke up early for some November Project running up and down the Philadelphia Museum of Art Steps aka Rocky Steps. did rounds of sit ups, push ups and squats! My legs were pretty sore from the workout the day before but it was good weight lifting! 2.5 miles of circuits and stairs. Shoes: Adidas Supernova ST. 

Then at night, I ran with my favorite City Fit Girls! 
4.3 miles at 8:21 pace
Shoes: Hoka One One Clifton. 

THURSDAY:
Tempo Thursday!!
1.5 mile WU
3 tempo miles:  7:35, 7:26, 7:15
1.5 mile CD 
6 miles at 8:02 pace
Shoes: Hoka One One Clayton. 

FRIDAY: 
4 easy miles before work. Achieved my goal of trying to wake up early twice before work to run! 
Shoes: Hoka One One Clayton. 

SATURDAY:
Beginners Mile with Team Philly- then ran down to the store! 
3 miles at 8:26 pace
Shoes: Hoka One One Clifton. 

SUNDAY:
did my 10 mile long run at Valley Forge Park (holy hills!) did a little tempo in the mile.
3 miles WU
4 miles at goal marathon pace: 7:54, 7:53, 8:09, 7:50 
3 miles CD 
10.5 miles at 8;08 pace
shoes: Hoka One One Challenger ATR3 

OVERALL MILES: 40.7!!! wooooo!!! 

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