Marathon Training

   The training has been going well. The long runs have tired me out a bit as well as the tempo runs necessitating dropping the volume. This weeks tempo run was on a treadmill in a hot exercise room here in Cleveland where I'm at with Julie, accompanying her for a play therapy conference. It's been close to freezing each morning, which is why I ran on the treadmill. I had to cut the distance as the heat cut into my endurance. I felt rotten. I would like to do some longer tempo runs, like 10 and 13 miles, but feel like i'm running out of time. I really don't know what I'm doing on the volume front. I feel my structure is good with 2-3 key workouts each week, but am unsure on the volume. I'm doing the marathon no matter what, though I feel my conditioning is less than I'd like. My confidence is down on my stamina, though I'm sure my endurance will be enough to finish. I'm going to go for it though, and see what happens. Afterward, I'll keep my long run long (2-4 hours per run) while upping my volume during the week, dropping the overall intensity of the mid week runs with maybe 1 key tempo or hill workout. We'll see. Psyched for the marathon though!

   Being in Cleveland I'm a bit worried about the long run, though it should be an adventure! I may just do a tour of the city, crisscrossing the whole thing till I hit the mileage. We'll see.