Welcome to week 2 of my second attempt at Training for the Chevron Houston Marathon! Catch up with Week 1, then join me on my Marathon Training adventure. Marathon Training Week 2: Benchmarks In the fall, my CrossFit coach likes to give us benchmark workouts to do. So Monday at CrossFit, we first worked up to a heavy single on our push presses (mine was 75 pounds), then did the Helen benchmark. That is 3 rounds of: 400 meter run21 kettlebell swings (53 pounds for the men, 35 pounds for the women)12 pull-ups I have pull-ups. They’re not great, but

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