1.5 wu 2X2000 @ 6:31 1mi cd In the weeks leading up to a marathon, I think it's natural to let the taper mess with your mind. For most of my training I have mentally compared TOU from Ogden's training. I've had this fixed belief that I was running better almost 2 years ago for some reason. It started to make me doubt my capacity for this training cycle. So the only thing I could do was do a contrast in the same 8 weeks leading to TOU and Ogden and see where I am at. The results were promising. Eight weeks leading up to marathon TOU Ogden Avg mileage 30.62 47.5 Highest weekly mileage 39.2 50.5 Total mileage 245.5 380 Avg weekly runs 3 5 Marathon Pace miles 7:15 6:49 Aside from the numbers, my speed and tempo workouts have been more challenging and consistent. This is just what I needed to get me mentally ready to race next Saturday.
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