Marathon Monday: Week 11 Tucson Marathon Training

You just have to laugh. When something gets in the way of your perfectly planned marathon training week, you just have to shake your head.

I’m used to nagging injuries, tight schedules and not enough hours in the day. But on Thursday morning,  my Versa was rear-ended after she hit a patch of ice. Don’t worry, I’m okay. Poor Versa needs a new bumper though.

All this before coffee and before 9 a.m. Sigh. I have never been in a car accident before so this shook me up pretty bad. Thankfully no one was hurt. We exchanged insurance details and went on our ways. I dealt with the police, the insurance company and the doctor before I went home to cry.

No running for a couple days. My neck was feeling pretty stiff on Friday so I left work a few hours early. No doubt sitting and typing at a computer was not helping my bout of whiplash. (I start physio on Tuesday)

With Friday came the snow. And lots of it. Even if I wanted to run, it would have been challenging. I bounced back on Saturday and Sunday. I did what I could with the unplowed sidewalks, trails and roads.

I know one week will not make or break my marathon. I’m just a little frustrated with the setbacks I’ve had during this training cycle. One thing after another…. Grrrr!

Who knows? I might just PR at this marathon!

Week 11:

Monday: Rest-ish/Cross training with weights

Tuesday: 6k tempo

Wednesday: 11k tempo

Thursday: Rest

Friday: Rest

Saturday: 9k – hill repeats

Sunday: One hour slow run/crawl/hike

I am really, really counting down the days until I hop on a plane for Arizona! I’m sure I over the worst of all the hiccups. What can happen in 3 weeks.  How was your week?

2 Comments

  1. Wow you have had a tough few days! So happy you are going to be ok. I have been struggling with the cold weather and not wanting to go out….so finally I came up with the plan that I will do all exercises indoors, except for maybe one run a week.

  2. That sounds like a plan I need to adopt. Thanks 🙂 I shall overcome 🙂

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