Getting into the swing of things.
13 and a half weeks til Boston, and now the body and mind is starting to respond to training quite well. This will will be three weeks at 60+ mpw and six days of running a week. Next week is the off week, at just about 60-62 in 7 days.
The weather has been pretty fantastic this winter, with only about 8 inches so far, and we have a string of 32+ degree weather coming up between now and next Friday. The roads and sidewalks are about 95% clear, next week they will be all clear. It's really a pity that I'm not running hard next week, but what can you do?
I'm still not quite on pace where I want to be on the speed work. I'm still about 15 secs off pace for my tempo runs, though I think much of that has to do with the road conditions lately. Yesterday I did 6 miles of tempo work that was supposed to be at 6:45, and was more like at 7:00-7:05. Saturday I have 9 miles of tempo work during my long run at marathon pace. If I can hit (maybe +5 secs to account for the cold) that given the projected weather (awesome), I will be in good shape. I'm looking at my first race of the year right now at the Super Bowl 5K in Novi in three weeks (Feb 6). I haven't raced since mid October, which I can't call a race at all, it was pretty sad. I need to get out there again and run fast against other people...it's time. I can't expect sub 20, but I expect to run well given how things are going right now.
Two weeks from now....70!
The weather has been pretty fantastic this winter, with only about 8 inches so far, and we have a string of 32+ degree weather coming up between now and next Friday. The roads and sidewalks are about 95% clear, next week they will be all clear. It's really a pity that I'm not running hard next week, but what can you do?
I'm still not quite on pace where I want to be on the speed work. I'm still about 15 secs off pace for my tempo runs, though I think much of that has to do with the road conditions lately. Yesterday I did 6 miles of tempo work that was supposed to be at 6:45, and was more like at 7:00-7:05. Saturday I have 9 miles of tempo work during my long run at marathon pace. If I can hit (maybe +5 secs to account for the cold) that given the projected weather (awesome), I will be in good shape. I'm looking at my first race of the year right now at the Super Bowl 5K in Novi in three weeks (Feb 6). I haven't raced since mid October, which I can't call a race at all, it was pretty sad. I need to get out there again and run fast against other people...it's time. I can't expect sub 20, but I expect to run well given how things are going right now.
Two weeks from now....70!