I had a great week of training to cap off the first week of my marathon plan. I ran 47 miles and swam 5200 yards this week. I'm going to try and work in some biking as well. I'll probably cut down to just 1 swim a week and 1 bike per week with running making up the rest. I don't have any races planned other than running leading up to the marathon.. I'm hoping that concentrating on the run will better my chances of breaking 3 hours for the marathon.
My speed work this week told me I'm slightly ahead of where I should be so this is a good sign. I've hit 508 miles on my first pair of Newtons and they are done. My feet were killing me today on the 14 mile run so it's time to break out a new pair. This does present a bit of a problem though. I'll most likely burn through this next pair of shoes well before June 11th and I'm not sure that the Newtons are worth the extra cost. However, I soon have to decide if I need to start working in another type of shoes or bite the bullet and purchase another pair of Newtons @ $175!
I'm going to try and get down to Runner's Forum and try out some different shoes before too long.
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Sunday, February 20, 2011
And so it begins...
Well, I just started 16 weeks of training for the inagural Carmel Marathon. Follow me on the journey as I attempt to run under 3 hours in order to get a guaranteed spot in the 2012 Boston Marathon. In order to run uder 3 hours I must maintain a 6:47 pace over 26.2 miles.
According to the Runner's World calculator I should be able to run a 2:44 which is a 6:16 pace! Well, I don't know about that one but I should be able to run anywhere from 2:50 to 3:00 however I'll train like I'm shooting for the 2:44! Now the McMillin calculator has me at a more reasonable 2:52!
My first official training run was a 12 mile run at a 7:10 pace. This felt very slow and way too easy. That's a good thing! I'm used to running in the 6:40's for a relaxed run of that distance so hopefully I'm off to a great start! The run was uneventful however it was raining and sleeting for most of it but nothing too bad.
For right now I'm following the Runner's World personal plan but I'm also looking at McMillin, Higdon, and even the Hansons Brothers brutal programs or a hybrid of several of these. I'll focus in on one plan within a week though.
According to the Runner's World calculator I should be able to run a 2:44 which is a 6:16 pace! Well, I don't know about that one but I should be able to run anywhere from 2:50 to 3:00 however I'll train like I'm shooting for the 2:44! Now the McMillin calculator has me at a more reasonable 2:52!
My first official training run was a 12 mile run at a 7:10 pace. This felt very slow and way too easy. That's a good thing! I'm used to running in the 6:40's for a relaxed run of that distance so hopefully I'm off to a great start! The run was uneventful however it was raining and sleeting for most of it but nothing too bad.
For right now I'm following the Runner's World personal plan but I'm also looking at McMillin, Higdon, and even the Hansons Brothers brutal programs or a hybrid of several of these. I'll focus in on one plan within a week though.
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