Yes it’s the end of week five of marathon training. I survived another week. There’s been some difficulties this week that I’ll share in this weeks summary post and in a future post. Let’s get into the review.

This week’s pacing wasn’t as fast as last weeks. No records or PR’s were set this week. As a matter of fact this was the the anti-PR week. I guess the fast pacing of last week caught up to me. I felt sluggish and stiff all week. I’m going to try to do things to help me recover better during this next week.

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Beginning of the Snow at Cherokee Park

The snow returned this week just in time for my long Sunday run. I could have gone inside on the treadmill but the time limit would have had me stop and restart at about the 11 mile mark. I headed outside because I also needed the hill work. My body is paying the price of doing 13 miles of hills in the snow. I know the whole “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” mantra applies but I feel horrible right now. Mentally I’m still in it. Just physically feel dead.

Onward to week 6..