168 days to Ventura Marathon. Plan: 10 miles, comfortable pace. Actual: 6 miles, 9:48 pace (avg HR 143). Combined with yesterday's 5 miles, weekend mileage was 11, so okay! #marathontraining #marathon #venturamarathon2024 #workout

169 days to Ventura Marathon. Plan: 25 mins walking. Actual: 5-mile run, easy pace (Avg HR 140). Again splitting my weekend long run between the two days. #venturamarathon2024 #marathontraining #marathon #workout

170 days to Ventura Marathon. Plan: 25 mins core, 35 mins bicycle. Actual: 27 mins core, 35 mins bike (avg HR 123). Feeling a bit stronger, but long way to go aerobically. . . . #marathon #marathontraining #workout #venturamarathon2024

171 days to Ventura Marathon. Plan: 6-mile run, hills. Actual: 6+ miles, flats. Still afraid of bears in the hills! Will start 6 weeks of trail runs (with others!) in a couple weeks though. #venturamarathon2024 #marathon #marathontraining #workout

172 days to Ventura Marathon. Plan: 25 mins core, 35 mins elliptical. Actual: 23 mins core, 35 mins elliptical (avg HR 126). Feeling pretty good! #venturamarathon2024 #marathontraining #marathon #workout

173 days to Ventura Marathon. Plan: 8x1/4-mile repeats. Actual: 8x1/4-mile repeats. Legs were jelly after 5 intervals, and I was much slower for the last 3, but I did finish them. Ouch! #venturamarathon2024 #marathon #marathontraining #workout

175 days to Ventura Marathon. Plan: 9 miles, comfortable pace. Actual: 6 miles (9:50, avg HR 144). With my 4 miles from yesterday weekend mileage is 10 -- bonus mile! #marathon #marathontraining #workout #venturamarathon2024

176 days to Ventura Marathon. Plan: 25 minutes walking. Actual: 4-mile treadmill run (avg HR 140). I'm trying to split my weekend long run between days to keep legs fresher. Fingers crossed! #venturamarathon2024 #marathontraining #marathon #workout

179 days to Ventura Marathon. Plan: 25 mins core, 35 mins elliptical. Actual: 21 mins core (so efficient!), 35 mins elliptical (avg HR 131). Still a little gassed from yesterday's intervals! #venturamarathon2024 #marathontraining #workout #training #marathon

180 days to Ventura Marathon. Plan: 6x400m intervals. Actual: 6 x quarter-mile intervals. No track, but still brutal workout! Long time since I've done intervals. . . . #venturamarathon2024 #training #running #workout

181 days to Ventura Marathon. Plan: 20 mins swimming. Actual: 25 mins commute cycling. A little worried about what looks like a lower-abdomen hernia. Better get it checked out. #bostonmarathon #venturamarathon2024 #marathon #training #workout

183 days to Ventura Marathon. Plan: 4 miles, comfortable pace. Actual: River City Roots Run! -- 4 miles, 8:48 pace, avg HR 152. Couldn't help pushing the pace a bit! #venturamarathon2024 #bostonmarathon #marathon #running

184 days to Ventura Marathon. Plan: 25 mins core, 35 mins bicycle. Actual: 25 mins core, 35 mins elliptical. Plus 5 miles commute cycling. Feeling better about it! #venturamarathon2024 #bostonmarathon #marathon #workout

185 days to Ventura Marathon. Plan: 5 miles, hills. Actual: 5 miles, commute cycling. Legs were tired today, and had a bad night sleep too. Will add a couple miles this weekend. #venturamarathon2024 #bostonmarathon #marathon #workout

188 days to Ventura Marathon. Plan: Rest day. Actual: Rest day. Yesterday's run beat me up WAY more than I expected. Just reinforces that I have a long road ahead. . . . #venturamarathon2024 #bostonmarathon #marathon #workout

189 days to Ventura Marathon. Plan: 7 miles, comfortable pace. Actual: 7 miles, 9:58 pace, avg HR 154. Windy day, but I beat the rain from TS Hilary. Run took a lot out of me -- I have a long way to go! #venturamarathon2024 #bostonmarathon #hilary #marathon

190 days to Ventura Marathon. Plan: 20 minutes walking. Actual: 55 minutes walking. It's a beautiful day, perfect for a couple nice brisk walks! #bostonmarathon #marathon #venturamarathon2024 #workout

202 days to Ventura Marathon. Plan: Rest Day. Actual: 4.5-mile easy run (10:29 pace). Day of whitewater rafting yesterday, easy run today, it's like my migraine from Friday through Saturday never happened. #venturamarathon2024 #bostonmarathon #marathon #workout

206 days to Ventura Marathon. Plan: 4 miles, easy pace. Actual: Rest day. Broken record, I know, but I had the chance to have coffee with my daughter. Family first. #marathon #bostonmarathon #workout #venturamarathon2024

207 days to Ventura Marathon. Plan: 25 minutes core, 35 minutes elliptical. Actual: Rest day. I'm away from home, demands on my time are high, and equipment isn't readily available. Excuses all. #bostonmarathon #workout #marathon #venturamarathon2024