6 Weeks Until the Oklahoma Marathon

Hello from Boston! I’m here to cheer for Dustin tomorrow, who’s running his third Boston Marathon.

Personally, I’m easing back into training for the Oklahoma marathon in 6 weeks!

Here’s how my week went in fitness:

Monday: Lunch run with Ruth, 8:40 min/mile average, 4 miles. 20 minute strength for runners plus 10 minute core on the Peloton app.

Tuesday: 7 solo miles, nice and easy, 9:25 min/mile average. 20 minute strength for runners on Peloton.

Wednesday: Lunch run with Ruth- got to do them while I still can! 7 miles, 8:25 min/mile average. Ruth doesn’t do ‘recovery pace.’ Ha!

Thursday: I taught a treadmill interval class over zoom for a charity thing (I am so awkward and terrible, but whatever, it’s for a good cause!)

I purchased a Blue Yeti microphone, that’s probably better for podcasts! I needed a place to set it during the class, so Dustin the engineer finagled this makeshift temporary shelf, ha! Worked well.

After the class, I did a quick run with Ruth, 4 miles, 8:39 min/mile average.

20 minute strength for runners + 10 minute core on Peloton app (thanks for the recommendation on the Becs Gentry class, Cari!)

Friday: I joined a few friends at “Flapjack Friday” at Mill City Running; this running store has been hosting this Friday morning run for years, though obviously took a hiatus over the pandemic, but I looked back and realized I hadn’t actually attended since 2017 (pre-broken leg.)

We did 5.25 miles, 9:25 min/mile average.

Friday evening- fly to Boston! Our flight got in pretty late, so we stayed at the Hilton at the airport for the night before switching to a different hotel at the finish line for the rest of the stay.

Saturday: We switched hotels after breakfast and were so pleased that our hotel room was ready for checkin at 10 am! Dustin went to do the vaccination validation and then I tagged along with him to the expo, which was the smallest Boston marathon expo ever (due to Covid, I’m sure.)

Then we did a short run, ending with a few pictures at the finish line.

4.3 miles, 8:15 min/mile average.

After lunch, we walked around on Newbury Street and did a little shopping. We just happened to pass by Meb Keflezighi sitting outside a coffee shop; what a fun little celebrity sighting.

That evening, we walked to Picco for some carbs.

Sunday: Dustin relaxed at the hotel and watched the Chicago marathon (and kept me posted on the results!) while I went for a 10.75 mile long-ish run.

Running along the Charles was a nice change of scenery! 10.75 miles, 8:50 min/mile average.

Summary: 42 miles of running, a handful of strength for runners classes and core classes on the Peloton app

Anyways, I’m linking up with Running on the Fly and Confessions of a Mother Runner as part of their Weekly Rundown. Check it out!