Once you start running the marathon, you begin to think everything in your life in terms of marathon. This is dangerous, I know! For example, my Thursday trainings are just like the 20 mile/30 km point in marathon. This is without question the most difficult point of marathon; you feel there is nothing left in your body, yet you still have to keep going another 5 miles/10 km. That’s exactly how I feel when I go out for a run on Thursdays. My body is fairly tired because of the training I have done from Monday to Wednesday, and yet I still have two more runs left before the week. By Friday it gets easier because my focus shifts to the long run on Saturday (in any case I only do an easy run on Fridays). The long-run itself is of course tough, but mentally it is easier as I know this is what I have been training for all week long. Thursday is a kind of limbo.
Having said that, my run today was relatively easy (or less hard) for Thursdays. I am sure it is all thanks to the recovery run I did yesterday (so it does work, really) Also the weather was favourable – sunny but crisp. So the hardest day of week is gone!
Today: 11 miles
weekly mileage: 40 miles
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