After five weeks of marathon training I can already see and feel the differences in my body. I'm maintaining a weight of 150lbs or so but loosing fat I didn't realize I had. I may need to step up the volume of the food I'm consuming or by March I'll look like skin, bones, and lungs. The other not so apparent change includes increased flexibility. This can probably be associated with my increased regiment of speed work with special attention to stretching in an effort to remain injury free.
Total volumes for Week 5 were slightly below the plan due the gradually building fatigue I've been suffering. My sleeping habits haven't been the best to say the least (attributed again to neighbor's relentless barking dog). Saturday night I slept a solid 11 hours and needed every second of it. Regardless, I was able to muster up enough energy to swim 6000 yards and run 33.5 miles in 7 hours this past week.
Week 5 also included a personal best for me. My long run of 14 miles was .9 miles longer than I have ever continuously ran before. Additionally I was able to maintain my target 9:30/mile long-run pace without much difficulty. This gave me a huge mental boost given last weeks 13 miles of hell.
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Way to go on the 14 miler!
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