Weekly Training Plan

"Now if you are going to win any battle you have to do one thing. You have to make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do. The body will always give up. It is always tired morning, noon, and night. But the body is never tired if the mind is not tired. When you were younger the mind could make you dance all night, and the body was never tired...You've always got to make the mind take over and keep going."  - George S. Patton, U.S. Army General and 1912 Olympian

On Saturday I ran 14 miles, which was my longest run ever.   It felt FAR and was way more difficult than I expected.  I thought that if I just went nice and slow it'd be fine, but by mile 9 I was *so* ready to be done.  I had a caffeine headache, was climbing the Harlem hills in Central Park, and could not believe I still had 5 miles left.  I actually had to stop and take a little walking break, which I don't usually have to do when I run.  I filled up my water bottles and collected myself, then continued on my way.  The promise of a soy misto at Starbucks after the run kept me going, and I made it to the end.  I cannot believe that on November 7th I'm going to be able to run 14 miles plus 12 more.  Heck, I can't believe that this Saturday I'm going to be able to run 15!  I feel a little bit overwhelmed at the moment. 

Here's this week's training plan:

Monday: 4 miles
Tuesday: 7 miles
Wednesday: 4 miles
Thursday: spin
Friday: 7 miles
Saturday 15 miles

Total: 37 miles (ahhh!)