Eugene Training #s

Training in the numbers: Eugene Marathon 2012

Week	CIM Mileage	Eugene Mileage
1	36.96	37.3
2	25.85	45.8
3	34.39	50.51
4	32.26	53.89
5	27.57	55.25
6	41.76	50.22
7	37.76	40.44
8	27.01	50.03
9	37.83	44.18
10	26.03	36.03
11	17.44	31.0
12	31.30	43.7 *SCHEDULED
Total Miles Ran	376.16	494.65 *Prediction

I have put in some massive miles compared to what I had been previously running. In total I will have run 162.19 miles further training for the Eugene Marathon.  I have run much harder and faster than I thought I was even capable of.

Looking back on my training schedule for Eugene, I am quite pleased with the number of workouts I completed and the mileage I was able to maintain. This marked my first marathon training with an actual coach- I think I made a wise decision to seek some professional guidance. I like that he truly understands both my short & long term running goals. My training plan with my coach was for 11 weeks (week 1 was on my own).

I started to have issues with my back & stride during week 6 which forced me to swap and/or miss some workouts from week 7 until week 10. Thankfully chiropractor and physical therapy appointments helped me keep a serious injury from forming. I really hate missing workouts, but it was a necessity for me to stay healthy and let my body rest.  Listening to my body and learning how to make training adjustments is the most important thing I have learned over the last 12 weeks.

Workouts missed:

4 (actually only 3 because I substituted the Rapid Rabbit 5 mile race for a missed workout)

Easy runs missed:

4

Easy runs added:

6

Long runs missed:

ZERO

I had only one scheduled race while training for Eugene and that was a 5K during week 2.  You can read about it here. I substituted the 5 mile Rapid Rabbit race for a week worth of missed workouts during week 7. You can read about RR here.  Ideally, I would have liked to have run at least a HM or a 10K, but it didn’t fit into my schedule. It is also difficult to find races of that distance in Spokane during the winter.

When I was training for CIM, I ran three half marathons- two of them in back to back weekends.  That also probably wasn’t ideal; however, they were all there PRs.

Moving forward after Eugene, I plan on taking a couple of full weeks off from running. I will focus on spin and cross training, but I think my feet need a rest. I hope to continue working with my coach in the future as long as my crazy “type A” personality didn’t “run” him off. Ha. Poor guy! J

--Tasha