Week 3: Global Warming

Week 3: July 15 - July 21, 2019

I knew that Week 3 of my marathon training would be a bust. My college housemates and I planned a short trip to Iceland to celebrate our 30th birthdays months ago, so I knew one of my weeks would be interrupted by the lack of routine and abundance of travel pursuits. Here’s what my training week was supposed to look like:

  • Monday: 4 mile easy (Brooklyn R-U-N 5k race)

  • Tuesday: 1.5 mile warmup, 12 x 400m @ 10k pace w/ 400m jog recovery, 1.5 mile cooldown

  • Wednesday: Rest/Crosstrain

  • Thursday: 6 mile easy

  • Friday: 6 mile easy

  • Saturday: 4 mile easy

  • Sunday: 10 mile long

The only real running I accomplished was the Brooklyn R-U-N 5k on Monday night in the disgusting heat. I was too exhausted from that to bother with a running workout on Tuesday before my flight, so my plan was to continue and attempt that 10 mile run when I got back on Sunday. If I wasn’t in buses all day to explore different parts of Iceland, I would have gone for a midnight jog since the sun never set the entire time we were there (the perks of the summer season so close to the North Pole). 

It was around 60 degrees in Iceland while we were over there chowing down on puffins and minke whale, but at home in New York it reached over 100 degrees. Both areas of the world were in a heat wave, but mine was preferable on my travels. However, it really messed with my running plans when I got back because it was too hot to even stand outside very long let alone run 10 miles. I just decided to call this week a bust since I only got one workout in from the program.

Side note: Icelandic glacial water is AMAZING. It’s so good, you just want to sip it slowly like whiskey neat. If hydration vests were allowed during the NYRR races, I’d totally fill it with Icelandic water for the marathon. I dream of this stuff...it’s THAT good. 

This road used to lead to a bridge (in the opposite direction), but was swept away by the volcanic eruption in 2010 while I was in Paris. I staged this sprint for the ‘gram and to loosen up after a long bus tour ride. Look at that form!

This road used to lead to a bridge (in the opposite direction), but was swept away by the volcanic eruption in 2010 while I was in Paris. I staged this sprint for the ‘gram and to loosen up after a long bus tour ride. Look at that form!

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