Haven’t updated this thread in a while. So as we approach my first race weekend of this training plan I feel now is a good time to post. A lot has happened since the last post so without further ado here goes.
Marathon Weekend Galloway Training Week 4:
9/28 - 3.02 miles
9/30 - 3.25 miles
10/2 - 5.04 miles
Marathon Weekend Galloway Training Week 5:
10/5 - 2.54 miles (treadmill)
I then was sick for the rest of the week unable to run.
Marathon Weekend Galloway Training Week 6:
10/14 - 2.57 miles (treadmill)
10/16 - 6.56 miles
Marathon Weekend Galloway Training Week 7:
10/19 - 2.61 miles (treadmill)
10/21 - 3.47 miles
10/23 - 2.66 miles
This now takes us into week 8 of training. This is significant because, as I stated above this marks the first race weekend of this training program. I am participating in Wine & Dine this year once again virtually. Just like last year, I am only running the 10K. Since the training plan is arranged in such a way it seems wise to run my race this weekend instead of the following. As this would go against next weeks “rest week”. So that being said I plan on running my Wine & Dine 10K this upcoming weekend. I feel that I am ready to take on a 10K distance. I haven’t run a official race 10K since the rival run. I have done plenty of training runs as I have documented just not an race.
A couple of housekeeping items I wanted to throw in here while I’m already writing this post. I have signed up for the Princess half marathon virtually this year. The prime reason for doing this outside of wanting more medals is to keep me motivated and training for the springtime surprise weekend. Which I am pleased to say is looking like it will be my first LIVE runDisney race. Right now my current training plan ends at marathon weekend and a new accelerated plan picks up right after. This accelerated training plan still Galloway Method (similar to last year’s) takes me though princess weekend and ensures I am ready to run a challenge during Springtime Surprise.
Right now, I am hoping the Springtime Surprise features a challenge and doesn’t feature a distance over a half marathon. As this would go against the current training strategy I have. Admittedly, I don’t think I want to run a marathon yet as my first LIVE runDisney race. If it does end up being a marathon (as a certain leak has indicated) I could reevaluate my strategy to accommodate a marathon distance. If I decide to partake of course, a marathon is a lot to ask so not sure if I would be fully on board for that. Would have to see if the theming and my group could sway me. I’d doubt it would be just a marathon though as it seems like (but not confirmed) this will be like a normal race weekend and have three races of some description. Anyways, their is my long winded plan. I will continue to update as more news and my plans as a reaction shift.
