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Chicago Marathon Training Recap Week 5

July 11, 2016 By: Courtney @ Eat Pray Run DC20 Comments

Chicago Marathon training week five is in the books! This was the last week with no speed work – eek! Each week during this training cycle, I will share how my training went and what the week looked like. I do this because: 1) I love reading about how other folks train and 2) it’s great for me to have a record of what I did each week. Also, honestly, it helps keep me accountable when I know I’ll be writing about it. I also post almost all of my runs on Instagram as well. On to the recap!

 Chicago Marathon Training Recap

Monday: Fourth of July Platform Pure Barre Class.

Tuesday: 5 miles on the Trail of Death after work. Oh man. This was a TOUGH run. The weather was just awful. I was not exaggerating when I said it felt like running on the surface of the sun. 

 

Five miles on what felt like the surface of the sun. Hot.humid.hilly. The Custis Trail is not my favorite but I had good company and water so made it through.

A photo posted by Courtney (@eatprayrundc) on Jul 5, 2016 at 4:52pm PDT

Wednesday: Glorious glorious rest day!

Thursday: 5 more HOT and HUMID miles with Caitlin. Woof. That was another rough run but got the miles in. 

Friday: 4.73 easy miles before heading to the Jersey Shore for the weekend!

Saturday: 6 miles in Cape May. 4 of those miles were with my husband, K. That was so nice since we very rarely run together. The weather at the Shore was delightful. Light breezes and MUCH lower temps and humidity. It was glorious!

 

Six miles, four of them with my husband, on a cool morning. Finished my last quarter mile on the beach and that was tough. But a great run overall. I’m loving our little getaway. 💜💜💜

A photo posted by Courtney (@eatprayrundc) on Jul 9, 2016 at 5:36am PDT


Sunday: 3.3 easy Sunday beach miles. Followed by a drive back to DC and a 75 minute Pure Barre intensive class. Wowza! I was absolutely exhausted after that very full day.

Total mileage for the week: 24.11 miles

Total mileage for the year: 635.05 miles

Total mileage for this training cycle: 94.56 miles

How’s your weather been? I’m dreading another hot week here in DC. And moving to six days a week of running – yay/eek! 🙂

note: I am running the Chicago Marathon in support of the Ronald McDonald House Charities. If you’d like to help support this amazing organization, you can do so here. Thank you! 

 


Comments

  1. Zenaida Arroyo says

    July 11, 2016 at 8:24 am

    I am doing the Advanced Program and have done speedwork since Week 2. I like the variety but they’re getting longer by the week. Week 6 is 1200s and week 8 are mile repeats. Yikes!

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    • Courtney @ Eat Pray Run DC says

      July 11, 2016 at 9:58 am

      Yeah, the 1200s are rough and mile repeats are NOT my fave! But you’ve got this!

      Reply
  2. Jess @ Jess Runs ATL says

    July 11, 2016 at 8:33 am

    I feel like all I do these days is complain about the heat, ha-ha. I feel you! Another solid week for you, that mileage is creeping up. Keep it up!

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    • Courtney @ Eat Pray Run DC says

      July 11, 2016 at 10:00 am

      Running at the beach was SUCH a relief. This week is a big jump in mileage – an additional ten miles or so, so I’m excited (slash scared!)

      Reply
  3. Jen@bubblyrunner.com says

    July 11, 2016 at 9:31 am

    You’re gonna kill speed work this week!!
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    • Courtney @ Eat Pray Run DC says

      July 11, 2016 at 10:01 am

      I sure hope so! 🙂 Fun to see you yesterday!

      Reply
  4. Chaitali says

    July 11, 2016 at 9:41 am

    That Saturday run on the beach sounds delightful!
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    • Courtney @ Eat Pray Run DC says

      July 11, 2016 at 10:01 am

      It was SO SO nice! Actually both Saturday and Sunday were really nice runs!

      Reply
  5. Jennifer @ Dashing in Style says

    July 11, 2016 at 10:07 am

    The Trail of Death–haha! I can totally relate though. Glad you had a wonderful weekend away with wonderful runs on the beach. Feeling the ocean breezes while running sounds heavenly! I’d say good luck on your first speed week, but you don’t need it. I know you’ll do great!

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    • Courtney @ Eat Pray Run DC says

      July 11, 2016 at 10:34 pm

      Aw thanks! So glad I read this before I went to bed – visions of spadework dancing in my head 🙂

      Reply
  6. Debbie @ Deb Runs says

    July 11, 2016 at 1:03 pm

    Two of my runs last week were mid-day, and let me tell you, I was dripping sweat when I finished! For some bizarre reason, though, I tolerate heat and humidity much better now that I’m older than I did when I was younger. Of course I don’t tolerate the cold as well, so I guess it all makes sense!

    The great thing about starting speed work is that you feel like such a beast when you’re done! 😀
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    • Courtney @ Eat Pray Run DC says

      July 11, 2016 at 10:35 pm

      Interesting about your ability to tolerate the heat and humidity. I wonder what the science behind that is?

      Reply
  7. Alaina @ The Simple Peach says

    July 11, 2016 at 1:19 pm

    Per usual, it’s been crazy hot and humid here. Congrats on another solid week!
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    • Courtney @ Eat Pray Run DC says

      July 11, 2016 at 10:35 pm

      Thanks – now the fun really starts 🙂

      Reply
  8. Debra says

    July 12, 2016 at 6:40 pm

    Love the pics from the beach with the hubs! Looks like the heat wave is coming back for Week 6. Ima just going to start telling myself I love those hot. humid runs.

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    • Courtney @ Eat Pray Run DC says

      July 13, 2016 at 2:20 pm

      Yeah, pretty much. I basically just try to convince myself to suck it up the best I can…

      Reply
  9. amanda -runtothefinish says

    July 14, 2016 at 11:33 am

    I don’t know how you guys run in the afternoon/evenings. I think from living in FL I just had to go in the AM or die, ha!

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    • Courtney @ Eat Pray Run DC says

      July 14, 2016 at 11:55 am

      That was rare for me – I’m pretty much ONLY a morning runner. That run was AWFUL. Seriously SO hot!

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  10. Abby @BackatSquareZero says

    July 14, 2016 at 3:57 pm

    It is crazy hot here too. A get away somewhere cool to run would be nice.

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    • Courtney @ Eat Pray Run DC says

      July 14, 2016 at 4:20 pm

      Oh girl, I wish I was going to the beach tomorrow!

      Reply

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