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You know better than anyone what your body can handle so use your long runs as a gage for tapering. By that I mean that you're doing consistent yoga/strength training prior to all of your long runs leading up to the marathon so see if lifting and/or yoga the week before a LR affects it. You know? For instance, lift as normal up until 2 weeks before the marathon and then go at it lightly after that (if you want) with a week off or so. I have no experience with yoga so if you know it loosens you up prior to LRuns and doesn't adversely affect you then do it. You've done enough training/long runs/marathoning to know how your body should feel going to the starting line. I think you will be happy with how strong you're going to feel late in the race! By the way, which one are you doing?
This is definately a busy time in my life! But between my treadmill, husband, friends and 2 really awesome babysitters I manage 40+ miles a week. Most of my friends are runners so sometimes we'll watch each other's kids during runs, my baby naps consistently each day so that's treadmill time if I want it, my husband is AWESOME about me running out the door as soon as he gets home from work a day or two a week and our babysitters are super available and never say no to Saturday morning long runs. We make it work! And when my mom finally tears herself away from a palm tree at the end of May and comes home she helps too (that's the only way my husband and I can ever run the same race!). So anyway, we manage...
I'm interested to know how your run went today...
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