Running Totals for 14 Aug 09

Ok, new plan!! I am not going to kill myself and try to get to 700 miles. I could probably do it BUT at what cost to my body? I was thinking why am I going to kill myself when I should be in the 2nd week of my marathon training. So that is what I am going to do. Keep pace with my marathon training. That is the ultimate goal anyways, to run the Naha Marathon the first weekend in December. I think what I will do is cover the miles that my training plan says to run and then if I feel like I need to do something more I can walk on an incline to get my legs used to doing hills or simulated hills. I haven't been running at an incline and I need to start getting my legs prepped for the hills of Oki. Cutting back my mileage is a good idea anyways because my legs feel completely dead. Plus I am starting to not look forward to my runs and I don't want to get burnt out. So today, I ran a 5k and then walked at a 10% incline until I got my 65 minutes in and it actually felt good! My shin splints weren't killing me and I got in a really good workout from the incline. That stuff really worked me over to tell you the truth. So that is the NEW plan. So, Today I got in 5.36 miles, burned 1,039 calories, and I went for 65 minutes. I hope everyone is doing good and getting ready for the weekend. I hope you are feeling a little better Mom. Until next time...