I don't feel like I've ever really "nailed" a marathon and I'm hoping to do so this year. Historically, when I've trained specifically for a marathon race, for some reason or another, I've under-performed on race day. My 3 fastest marathon times have come during marathons that I was running as training runs for longer races. For example, my current marathon best is at the 2013 LA Marathon, a race I ran the week after a 60 mile week, 7 days after having run the Way Too Cool 50k.
So, here it is... key workouts will be speed/hill workouts on Tues/Thurs, goal marathon pace (GMP) runs on the weekends, and of course the staple of any good marathon training plan, the long run.
08/26/2013
Monday - 3 M run w/ Lucy
08/27/2013
Tuesday - 6.3 M run w/ 4 mile tempo. I felt really good on this run. I ran on a local trail/fire road, 700+ ft of elevation gain and kept my tempo miles in the low 8 min/mile and high 7 min/mile range.
08/28/2013
Wednesday - 3 M run w/ Lucy
08/29/2013
Thursday - 5.3 M run w/ 4 x ~300m hill repeats on a~7% grade. Averaged ~6:50 min/mile pace on the hill repeats
08/30/2013
Friday - Rest day, drove to Southern Cal to spend the weekend with family.
08/31/2013
Saturday - 6.6 miles at GMP, w/ Lucy. I ran this a hair too fast, aiming for 8:30 min/miles and averaged 8:15 (slowest was 8:26). The Temecular/Wildomar area was experiencing east coast style humidity. Temps were in the 90's and it was muggy!
09/01/2013
Sunday - 13.1 mile run. I felt great during the first 5 miles and then the heat caught up with me, resulting in a fairly uncomfortable trudge during the latter half of the run. :) Happy birthday, Mom!
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| Lucy, keeping comfy on the road trip. |
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| She loves the added room that the double cab has to offer. |
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| Happy 70th birthday, Mom and Dad! |
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| Tired after running, swimming, and playing with Mia all day. |
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| Heading home. |
2 comments:
Hi Paul,
I'm signed up for CIM as well. What is your goal time for the race? After doing 1:39 yesterday @ SJ Rock 'n' Roll, I'm thinking sub 3:30 is my goal.
Calvin
Hey Calvin, nice! Sum 3:30 sounds totally doable. I'm going quite a bit more conservative, aiming for low 3:40's with a 3:3x "A" goal. However, I've hit a hitch, hoping it doesn't throw me off. I strained my calf early last week and haven't run in ~6 days. I just missed my 10 @ GMP and 20 M runs this weekend. :(
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