Running Log: Week 17

My left calf has been bugging me since my 32k run three weeks ago. Even when I walk on it, as my heel comes up, there is a sharp pain that had me limping for the first couple of days. When I run on it now, the first 5k or so is weird, but then the pain numbs away. I don't think it is anything serious, but with my running schedule, it certainly hasn't had time to heal.

As a result, I took off a couple of days in an effort to heal the muscle as much as I could. When I ran 5k last Saturday, the pain was not there at all. Then it came back after my 13k run the following day.

Even though I ran three days instead of five this week, my body feels like it isn't running and I have this voice in the back of my head telling me I'm not going to be in shape come marathon day. I sure hope I am.

This is the part where I say, 1 week to marathon, but as I am posting late, I will instead say:

2 days to marathon.

Week of Nov. 14 - Nov. 20
11/15: 6.5k, 36:45
11/19: 5k, 27:36
11/20: 13k, 1:17:14 (pace - 5:56)

Total: 24k, 2:21:35
Average Pace: 05:54

Running Log: Week 16

On the 9th, 3 days after running 32k, I decided to see how fast I could run 10k. 3 years ago I struggled and failed to finish under an hour. Progress!

2 weeks to marathon.

Week of Nov. 7 - Nov. 13
11/8: 8k, 44:49
11/9: 10k, 53:40
11/10: 8k, 48:58
11/12: 6.5k, 36:03
11/13: 19.5k, 2:03:33 (pace - 6:20)

Total: 52k, 5:07:03
Average Pace: 05:54

Running Log: Week 15

I ran the first 19k at around 2:03:00 (pace 6:28). At around the 24k mark, my body was just exhausted and I ended up walking more than I wanted to. Ended up doing the final 13k in about 1:40:00 (pace 7:41)

It is safe to assume I will run the first 32k at Kawaguchiko in 3:40:00. My goal for this year is to run a sub 5 hour marathon, which means I will need to find the energy to run the final 10k in less than 1:20:00. This sounds easy, but I really surprised myself with that final 13k this morning, so we'll see.

Fun stat: this week's run was the same as Week 13, which had a total time of 7:20:23. This week was only 4 seconds slower.

3 weeks to marathon.

Week of Oct. 31 - Nov. 6
11/01: 8k, 44:44
11/02: 13k, 1:19:57
11/03: 8k, 47:18
11/05: 8k, 45:47
11/06: 32k, 3:42:41 (pace - 6:57)

Total: 69k, 7:20:27
Average Pace: 06:23