Marathon Training: Day 8

Distance: 4 x 1 mile at 45 sec faster than goal pace (about 8:20 for me) with 2-3 minutes recovery.

One day I'll actually explain this whole marathon training program that I'm following. Either way, a bit to report today. Today is officially day one of my friend the meat mass NOT training for the half marathon on the same day as my marathon, so meat mass if you're reading this, go for a run.

I arrived home from work in my typical famished state. No matter how much I eat at work I am ALWAYS hungry when I get home. I made a huge mistake of eating extra hot wings for lunch and then a piece habenero corn bread when I got home (that's right, this stuff is HOT). NEVER again will I do this on a run day. My esophagus was unhappy during my entire run, I basically felt like I was about to barf fire. I also ate a banana strawberry power bar gel. I'm not really sure if it did anything and couldn't really feel anything other than the urge to barf. I had a short run but wanted some energy, at no point in my run today did I feel like I was hungry or fading, so that's good. The run itself went fine, I did my usual jump around the house warm up and then took off. Mile one was just faster than pace, mile 2 was right on pace, and mile 3 was a bit below pace. I took a 2-3 minute break between each mile. After mile 3 I stretched my left calf a lot, it's been getting tight on my runs, I'll have to keep an eye on it. Mile 4 was <8min. Overall a good run, hit my targets, and feel good now. Cheers.