Miami Marathon Training – Day 27 of training – 88 more to go

Today (Wednesday) was my first practice day after a couple of days off due to a nasty cold.

I woke up with my wife at 4:55 AM this morning. She has started working early morning shifts at AEO and I thought I could make her waking-up process a little easier by getting up with her. I drove her to work and when I came home I was too awake to go back to sleep; so I decided to get my run over with, and went outside.

It is still very warm here in Miami and it doesn’t cool down much over night, but the temperature at 6:00 AM is a lot more bearable then during the day. I saw the sky change colors from a dark purple blue to a faded peachy color. It was beautiful.

The 9.5km (6miles) went by really fast, and by the time I came home I was tired enough to take a little nap.

Miami Marathon Training – Day 26 of training – 89 more to go

You undoubtedly caught the gap of undocumented training days. I was bed-ridden for the past few days due to a nasty cold and pretty high fever. Unfortunately I did not feel strong enough to run the 22.5km (14miles) planned for Saturday, but took a long relaxing bath instead. My wife has found a new, amazing hobby of making bath salts.

I feel a lot better today, and will resume practice as usual tomorrow (Wednesday).

Miami Marathon Training – Day 22 of training – 92 more to go

Friday:

6.5km (4miles) – The raccoon was still on the side of the road. Poor animal – is getting eaten by rats, ants and all sorts of parasites. Today I’m getting ready for my run tomorrow. It’s the longest I will have done to date: 22.5km (14miles)…

Miami Marathon Training – Day 21 of training – 93 more to go

Thursday:
No workout today!

Miami Marathon Training – Day 20 of training – 94 more to go

Wednesday:

Easy 9.5km (6miles) today. I can crank these sub-8mile runs now. Just for your information I rarely run with music. The iPod is my last resort in case I really have a tough day putting my running shoes on.

PS: The raccoon was still on the side of the road.

Miami Marathon Training – Day 19 of training – 95 more to go

Tuesday:
Another day of running – 13km (8miles). I have my set routes around the block now. One round is 4miles long and another one is 3miles long. I figured out that I can do pretty much any even distance longer than 3miles by doing a combination of the mentioned two routes. (3m,4m,5m,6m,7m,8m,9m,10m,11m,12m,13m,14m,15m, etc…)

I love the therapeutic trance that I get into while I run.

PS: I saw a stinky, dead raccoon on the side of the road. Yuk.

Miami Marathon Training – Day 18 of training – 96 more to go

Monday:
only a easy 9.5km (6miles) today. I can really feel how I am getting used to these mid distance runs.

Miami Marathon Training – Day 17 of training – 97 more to go

Sunday = rest day.  I was wondering how I will do come January. What do you think?

Miami Marathon Training – Day 16 of training – 98 more to go

And again 6.5km (4miles). This recovery week ends with another rest day tomorrow, and then I’ll start another week of progressive running. I’m excited!

Miami Marathon Training – Day 15 of training – 99 more to go

I got only 99 more days to go… Yikes.
Today was another recovery day: 6.5km (4miles) at a comfortable pace.