Following on from a solid start to the year, I had aspirations of running a personal best for total mileage in one month in February. Unfortunately, the kids got pretty sick this month at times I had to squeeze in runs as-and-when, if at all, as I felt like I was borderline sick (but never fully succumbing) on more than one occasion.
Despite this, I did manage 14 runs and 169.24 km (so less than 4 km short of a personal best). February, like January was a month of base-building runs at easy pace, with a race thrown in. I ran the Winterman Half Marathon as a test of fitness and had a really good race, clocking 1:53:08 (click here to read a race report).
The weather is extremely variable at the moment, we are having snow storms, rain, above 0˚C days, and snap freezes in the minus 20s, so it can be pretty challenging out there. Hopefully the warmer weather and clearer paths/roads will be just around the corner.
In March I will move on to the 2nd phase of my Marathon training plan that will include "tempo runs" at threshold pace (see this article for a detailed explanation). These are faster-paced runs, so I am looking forward to the change and to see how my body will respond. I will also continue my long runs (that will build up to 28 kms) and easy-paced shorter runs.
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