2010 Chicago Marathon

Wow… we are starting to realize that we will be running the 2010 Chicago Marathon in about 20 days! As for us, we can’t wait. We’re tired of running in this Texas heat! This last week has definitely been the most running Isis has ever done. The Sunday before last we ventured out on a 20-miler and then ran the Tour des Fleurs 20k last Saturday. Throw in a couple of runs during the week and we have ourselves a 40-mile week. Both of the long runs were adventures to say the least. (Don’t worry, we have some recaps coming this week!) and for some reason the DFW metroplex has been extremely hot and humid lately. Now while most will be looking forward to the taper, our workouts will basically stay the same since we are doing CrossFit Endurance. We are focusing on three things over the next few weeks: Nutrition, Sleep, and Injury Prevention.

During our training we have been utilizing the Paleo Diet for Athletes book to fine tune our diet. Now we aren’t completely Paleo, but we follow the plan 80% of the time and the rest of the time we eat pretty clean. Being the researcher Lee is though, one book is not enough when it comes to nutrition. Right now he’s going through Eat Right for Your Blood Type, The Zone, Good Calories, Bad Calories, and The Paleo Solution. Pretty sure he’s going to come out of the research with some kind of The Running Couple Super Diet… We’ll be posting a blog series on our nutrition starting this week in which we’ll start comparing some of the most common diets out there and what we’re following.

Sleep. We probably all need more of it. We are targeting the next three weeks to catch up on all the lost hours lately. We want to make sure we arrive in Chicago feeling rested and ready to go! We have already taken steps to create a more inviting environment for sleep. We’ve bought curtains to make sure the room is completely dark and outlawed computers in the bedroom.

Injury Prevention. This is definitely the time to start focusing on those weak spots that have appeared during your training. We’ll be spending a lot of time with our Trigger Point rollers/balls to make sure we are getting out all the knots. We’ll also be a bit more methodical with the ice massage for anything that is hurting us. We’ll also schedule a sports massage this week and have found a really cool site to work on mobility.

What are you doing during your marathon taper? Any great tips?

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