Hi friends! This time next week I will have finished my 8th marathon and hopefully have a sub-4 marathon finish under my belt! I have a couple of more blog posts coming this week – one on mental doubts and another on my goals for Berlin but I will not be taking my computer with me, so you won’t see any blog posts about my race until I’m back in the states. As such, this will be my last training recap – I will recap the race once I’m back. You can follow along on my adventure via Instagram, however.
Monday: Recall that I spent this past week in Chicago for work. It was a week of late nights and early mornings and I knew that it would be tough to get all my runs in but vowed to do my best. Ran an easy 5 miles to start the week.
Tuesday: My friend Michaela was in Chicago for work and so we ran my 6×1 workout together and I was grateful for the company – it was unusually humid and sticky for Chicago, which made the workout kind of brutal. But we got it done, which is all that matters!
Wednesday: Rest day is the best day!
Thursday: Thursday was tricky. I had a work event Wednesday night that I knew would go very late. I knew I was signed up to run a 5k after work with my colleagues so I decided that I would just get in a few miles before the 5k and use that as my last tempo workout. I made the right decision because I didn’t get home to my hotel until 1am Thursday morning! So I ran the 5k plus a bit extra and had 6 fast miles for the day.
Friday: A few easy miles before heading back to DC.
Saturday: Last double digit run before the race! 10 miles would my group.
Sunday: A couple of easy miles while spectating the Navy Air Force Half marathon here in DC.
Good luck to all of you racing over the next couple of weeks!
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Best of luck!! You have truly done all you can now. You have put in the hours, you have clocked those miles. You have got this! Travel Safely – cannot wait to see how you get on!
Thanks for the support!
Good luck and have fun in Berlin! Hopefully, you’ll post some pictures to IG, if not, I can’t wait to read your recap.
Thanks for the linkup!
Debbie @ Deb Runs recently posted…Getting Back In The Groove With OBX Half Marathon Training (Week Eight)
woohoo!! So excited for you! Can’t wait to hear about the race. Safe travels and good luck!
Best of luck and have fun in Berlin! I’ll be looking forward to hearing how it goes.
Michelle @ Running with Attitude recently posted…Harborside Half Training Week 3
Great job with training and squeezing in the miles when you could with the work trip to Chicago. I can’t wait to see your instagram posts and read your Berlin race recap. I don’t blame you not to take your computer because phones do almost everything, and you can post on wordpress from one but I can’t imagine typing out a blog post on that screen (yikes). I do often respond to comments from my phone which is helpful!
I’m really proud of you for squeezing in so many miles in your training cycle, despite summer, traveling, and even that calf issue when you had to take a little break. So many other runners would use those things as excuses and skip workouts, but you have gotten them all in pretty much and had a great cycle!
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Thank you – your words always resonate with me and I really appreciate your feedback on my training. It always means a lot to me.
I’m actually responding to this on my phone now. 🙂 I do sometimes draft posts from my phone but never post them – it is too dicey in my opinion. I love writing but I’ll be using a physical journal on this trip. 🙂
Way to get those miles in while traveling! Have fun and good luck in Berlin! I’m looking forward to hearing about your race!
You have worked so hard and have progressed so much in this training cycle – I know that you’re going to do great at the race and I can’t wait to hear how it goes!
Janelle @ Run With No Regrets recently posted…Rock ‘N Roll Brooklyn Half Marathon Training Week 8
I am SO excited for you to tackle Berlin next weekend! I can’t believe that marathon day is almost here. I can’t wait to follow along on your adventures on Instagram.
You have worked so hard this training cycle and I definitely see a sub-4 in your future!
Great work this week! It is hard for me to think that I am running my next marathon in a little over a month…my brain was stuck in low, slow ultra training and now I want to get a little speed back on my legs : )
I have no doubt that you are going to crush Berlin. You’ve put in a lot of hard work, and now its time to see that hard work pay off. Go get ’em!
Kathryn @ Dancing to Running recently posted…Chicago Marathon Training Log – Week 15
Good luck!!! I’ll be thinking about you on race day! You’re going to crush it. Enjoy your travels!
Good luck! You’ve put in so much hard work this training cycle and I can’t wait to hear about how it goes in Berlin. I’ll definitely follow along on instagram 🙂
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Hah! Were you by the stairs behind Lincoln? I think I saw you!
Have a great time in Berlin!
Yes I was! Hope you had a good race!
Best of luck in Berlin! I hope you get your sub 4 there!
Thank you so much!
I am so excited for Sunday!! Good luck, friend!!
Thank you – eek!!
Good luck indeed! and good job on getting all of the runs done. A few of my friends ran the Air Force marathon. Sounded like it was a good day – on a challenging course!
Lisa @ TechChick Adventures recently posted…Training Tues – 9/19 Columbus half edition
Good luck Courtney!! Ive been horrible about commenting, but Ive been following all along and I hope you have the race youve been working hard for. I cant wait to hear all about it, and know we are all flying with you!