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June 23rd, 2007

Chicago Marathon 2007 Training: Week 9

The week started off quite well.  I was schedule to run 17 miles on Sunday, but I felt pretty good and I decided to throw in an extra mile to make it a nice round 18-mile run.

After that, it was all downhill.  From the Monday, I started waking up with a sore throat.  Monday was a rest day, but Tuesday was a 10-mile run.  I struggled through my run and decided to call it a day after just 5 miles.

Wednesday was a 5-mile run, but I felt a bit better and decided to run an extra couple of miles making it 7 miles for the day.

I woke up Thursday feeling even worse than the previous days.  I had a 10-mile run scheduled, but I just felt too ill to go run.  I even contemplated taking a sick day from work.  My wife suggested I at least get up and take a shower and see how I felt after that.  I took her advice and I felt well enough to work, but I was sure to take cold medicine.

Friday was a rest day and I started to feel a bit better, but my throat was still bothering me.
Today was a 5-mile run, but I decided to throw in an extra rest day.  I figure the most important workout I have each week is my Sunday long run so I’ll rest today and see if my body will let me run an 18-miler tomorrow.

In the end, I managed 30 miles for the week whereas I should have run 47 miles.

I’m travelling on business next week.  Next week was supposed to be a recovery week so I’ll probably take it easy again.  Maybe I can come back from that trip fully recovered and ready to resume my training at full speed.

Posted by derek in Chicago, Marathon, Training

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3 Responses to “Chicago Marathon 2007 Training: Week 9”

  1. Mark Dally(Orangeman) says:

    Derek: I admire what you are doing. Very good job with the weight loss and training and all. Goals are great ….it will carry on into other areas of your life. I talked to Eric Y. last night. He really likes to see guys like you succeed at what you are attempting to do. He really gets pumped about that stuff!
    Couple of hints: find out where you are traveling to and map out some courses on RA and uses them when you get there…can be fun and effective. I do this in Chicago, San Francisco, etc. when I have traveled. Ran the Golden Gate brige twice last year with 113-15 mile runs.
    Probably one of the most important aspects of marathon training is “learning (or teaching your body) to go just a little faster. When I did qualify for Boston, I have to credit a cross country coach friend of mine. He had me take my Boston qualifying time and knock 20-30 seconds off each mile. 4-6 miles like this midweek followed by 4-6 miles like this on the week-end. About every two weeks I added 2 miles until I could do 16-18 miles at that tempo on the weekends only. The mid-week stayed the same but the week-end went on thru-out all of last summer. Hope some aspect of this helps.
    Out running group had dinner with Eric in Boston last April at the Marathon. He is just as nice in person as on the site.
    Keep it up….the Bowling Green, Ohio group(TJRunner, House of Dixon, Orangeman, etc. will be looking for you to reach new lower times and slightly lower weights…….. Orangeman.

    June 25th, 2007 at 8:08 pm
  2. Mark Dally(Orangeman) says:

    Derek: I admire what you are doing. Very good job with the weight loss and training and all. Goals are great ….it will carry on into other areas of your life. I talked to Eric Y. last night. He really likes to see guys like you succeed at what you are attempting to do. He really gets pumped about that stuff!
    Couple of hints: find out where you are traveling to and map out some courses on RA and uses them when you get there…can be fun and effective. I do this in Chicago, San Francisco, etc. when I have traveled. Ran the Golden Gate brige twice last year with 13-15 mile runs.
    Probably one of the most important aspects of marathon training is “learning (or teaching your body) to go just a little faster. When I did qualify for Boston, I have to credit a cross country coach friend of mine. He had me take my Boston qualifying time and knock 20-30 seconds off each mile. 4-6 miles like this midweek followed by 4-6 miles like this on the week-end. About every two weeks I added 2 miles until I could do 16-18 miles at that tempo on the weekends only. The mid-week stayed the same but the week-end went on thru-out all of last summer. Hope some aspect of this helps.
    Out running group had dinner with Eric in Boston last April at the Marathon. He is just as nice in person as on the site.
    Keep it up….the Bowling Green, Ohio group(TJRunner, House of Dixon, Orangeman, etc. will be looking for you to reach new lower times and slightly lower weights…….. Orangeman.

    June 25th, 2007 at 8:09 pm
  3. Tom says:

    It’s been a few weeks since you posted so I hope you’re seeing the progress you’re looking for. I’m getting ready for Chicago and having some setbacks, including my weight, but I’m slowly getting there. Update us on how you’re doing. Hang in there

    July 29th, 2007 at 8:21 pm

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