Originally Posted by
Lepetit89
Finished the ninth week of my current training regimen, which has muscle exercises outlined for four days a week. Supplemented it with two additional days, doing one short run (6 km) and one long run (something between 19 and 20 km). Worked my way up and got back to ~20 km two weeks ago, finishing it in 1 hour and 45 minutes then somehow finished it in the same time the next week for some reason; maybe tired, no idea.
Felt much better today and managed to noticeably improve my pace, but was getting really tired towards the end. Figured I'd have improved my time by two or three minutes, then felt like a boss when I saw I had finished the same course in 1 hour and 36 minutes.
I think I'm either back to where I was before I injured my knees or getting really close to it; I'm becoming increasingly optimistic about finally running a marathon in the near future. I never cared much about my build as long as I wasn't overweight and, honestly speaking, I still don't care all that much about muscle/fat-ratios, but I love being able to actually feel muscular partitions when I touch my leg.
I'm definitely going to do my best to avoid becoming lazy again; as far as I can tell, the muscle exercises have tremendously contributed to easing the burden on my knees.