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Weekly Workout Recap and Family Visits!

Another week of training down! I'm currently five weeks out from the Chickamauga Battlefield Marathon, and one week from the Dalton Half-Marathon. I'm pretty excited to put my training to the test with these two races! Here is the recap of the past week: Monday : Walked 4 Miles Tuesday : Ran 6 Miles, 30 Minutes of Yoga Wednesday : Ran 4 Miles Thursday : Ran 7.15 Miles Friday : Ran 3 Miles Saturday : Ran 15 Miles Sunday : Ran 4 Miles Total Mileage for the week = 43 Miles (39 Running) Talking to some runners from the running group revealed that everyone who is currently marathon training runs more miles each week than me. I find that for me, lower mileage but higher intensity improves my speed, and prevents injury. So far . Knock on wood. This week will likely result in lower mileage, for two reasons. 1) I want to rest up so I can give it my all at the half marathon on Saturday. I'm gunning for a sub-2, or as close to that as I can get. 2) The family is comi...