worriedbostonrunner wrote:
This is an honest question, and I realize it does make me sound a little crazy. For the last 2 months or so, I’ve been running about 100 mpw in preparation for Boston 2022. This week, however, I could only manage 50 miles and no workouts. I plan on ramping it up again for the next 12 weeks, but will this low/easy week have any impact on my race? I don’t mean to sound insane haha, but I’ve put in so much work, and it’s stressing me out thinking of the fitness lost. I really wanted to run 2:25 and was hoping the consistency would help me get there
Dude. No.
One down week?
If anything that's a recovery week that will allow you to absorb and gain fitness from whatever hard week or two you did immediately before. Don't worry about 1 down week. It's nothing. You've got plenty of time anyways. Think of it as a needed rest week which will allow you to train even better the next couple of weeks. Who knows, maybe the down week will have staved off an overtraining injury you didn't even know was about to hit.
I'm running Boston, too, and coincidentally, I'm coming of a big down week, too, due to family obligations. I was consistent before, I'll stay consistent after. It's all good.
Above all: Stay positive. Keep grinding.