Plan for the week

So, now that I have my first tri out of the way, I need to get back on track for the marathon. I have 2 training plans from the marathon folks, the "first-timer" and the "casual marathoner". My plan is to aim for the "casual", but at least do the "first-timer." So this week, the "cashz" looks like this:

Monday: off
Tuesday: 4
Wednesday: 4
Thursday: 4
Friday: off
Saturday: 8
Sunday: 4

For a total of 24 miles. Also -- this is important - the marathon folks say you can substitute up to 25% of your miles with cross-training. Which I plan to do -- I certainly need to work on my swimming, and I have minor knee issues which I don't want to aggravate. So that is 6 miles I could skip if I do 6 miles worth of xtraining.

Although today was supposed to be off, I went for a little run around 6ish. It is hot and humid here, but I had the time and inclination, so I figured carpe diem. My legs were tired from yesterday's tri, but I wasn't sore or anything. I took it easy and ran 4 times around the park and most of the way home. I think this is only about 1.5 miles, if that, but enough to get a lot of sweat flowing, especially in this heat. We'll call it a recovery run.

Tuesday and Thursday I have swim class (note to self: show up this time), and I have an excellent route to do 8 miles on Saturday. So, I just need to do a 4 and a 3 (I'll count my "recovery run").

So, that's the plan.