My Disney Marathon training is not off to a great start and if the past few weeks are any indication of how it will go, I’m in trouble. Big trouble. After coming off of a really great week of training (Week 5), the last two weeks were just.. ugh. Between shuffling the kids around to gymnastics, karate, ballet, Cub Scouts, and tumbling, me getting sick, then Adam getting sick, going out of town for a wedding, etc.. It was just hard. It is what it is though. I know that when it comes to balancing marathon training with my duties as a mom, being mom and being there for my family will always win. I wouldn’t have it any other way.
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Disney Marathon Training Week 5 + Weekend Fun
Hello, hello! It’s been a busy few days around here, I kind of want to skip eating lunch today and just go take a nap instead! I have the recap of my Disney Marathon training below but first I want to tell you about our wonderful weekend!!
Disney Marathon Training Plan: Week 4
Week four of my Disney Marathon training plan is done! It wasn’t a perfect week, but I’m okay with that. I did the best I could (well, perhaps I could have run in the rain, but I really didn’t want to!). Last week in my training recap, I asked you guys about coming back from a LONG break and how I’ve been struggling with slower times and feeling like I really need walk breaks, even on shorter runs. I got a lot of really great advice from you guys, so thank you! I decided to start with my shorter weekday runs and just make myself run a mile without stopping.. and I did! I ended up running four actually! I did allow myself a little bit of a break at each mile to stretch out my legs and catch my breath, but I ran each mile with no walk breaks.. baby steps!!
Disney Marathon Training Plan: Week 3
Week three of my Disney Marathon training plan is done and you won’t believe this, but I didn’t miss a SINGLE run! I did my long run with my husband this weekend and after our run, we had a little chat about how it went. I’m struggling with something and I thought maybe you guys could help me figure out what to do.
Disney Marathon Training Plan: Weeks 1 & 2
As of two weeks ago, I officially started my Disney Marathon training plan. I thinking I mentioned before, it’s basically Hal Higdon’s Novice 1 plan, but reworked just a bit to accommodate my fall race schedule. I may add a few other races to my plan depending on our weekend plans, just because I’d much rather do my long runs in a race environment than on my own. While I do enjoy doing shorter runs on my own, the 2+ hour runs get awfully lonely!
Disney Marathon Training Plan
We’re officially 18 weeks away from the Walt Disney World Marathon. Most marathon training plans are 18 weeks long. Basic logic tells me that I should probably start training sometime soon.