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MS Run The US Training Rundown- Building Base Mileage & Elevation

December 20, 2017 by Stacy McAllister in marathon training, MS Run The US Training, Training Rundown

Humpday! I have Friday off of work, so I cannot wait to sleep in and curl up on the couch with the kittens all morning and get my run in later in the day. It's going to be AMAZING. I can already tell! I'm able to look into the future...if you haven't already figured that one out. 

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Here's quick rundown of my training that took place last week. This week currently kicked off week 1 of my marathon training for SLC and MS Run The US, so I was still just building my base mileage and also working on setting a solid foundation for elevation gains (which I will hope to build on each week, since both the marathon and MS Run will be very hilly). I ran a total of 35 miles and gained a total amount of 1, 200'. I was able to fit in 3 strength training sessions (on my own) and got 3 runs in during the day!! SCORE<-- got to sleep in 3 mornings yay! I'm still going strong on my Runner's World Run Steak and have ran for a total of 25 days straight. Hoping to finish the New Year out strong and have my first speedwork session of this training cycle on Christmas Day!

Monday: 5 miles easy on the treadmill @ 9:55 with :30 second hill sprints at the end (8% incline) & 30 mins strength training

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Tuesday: 4.5 miles outside with Stella @ 9:45 average after work

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Wednesday: 5 miles outside @ 9:36

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Thursday: 4.5 miles on the treadmill with some cut-backs (10:00 1 mi; 9:36 1 mi; 9:01 1 mi; 8:34 1 mile; last .5 alternating .1 between 7:00 & 8:34)

Friday: 5 miles outside @ 9:40 during lunch

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Saturday: 10 miles outside on the hills @ 10:18 pace. I climbed over 900' during these miles, so was SUPER proud of still getting my easy pace in there. 

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Sunday: 1 mile easy recovery @ 10:30 pace after teaching skiing all day

What are you training for in 2018?

Do you keep track of your elevation gains each training week?

December 20, 2017 /Stacy McAllister
training rundown
marathon training, MS Run The US Training, Training Rundown
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