Sunday, August 23, 2015

August 17 - August 23 Training

Monday: 3 miles (9:47), 5.5 miles (9:20).
Tuesday: 3 miles (9:32), 7 miles (9:18).  Was going to do hill blasts, but was a bit sore from some dry needling earlier in the day.
Wednesday: 3 miles (9:32), 10 miles (7:42), 1 mile (9:40).  Raining outside, so hit the treadmill.  3 mile warm up, 10 mile progressions staring at 7.6 mph (7:53) and finishing at 8.1 mph (7:24).  A good 10 miles at marathon pace and faster.  1 mile cool down.
Thursday: 6 miles (9:09), 4.5 miles (9:31).
Friday: 6 miles (9:41).
Saturday: 3 miles (9:07), 5 miles (7:33), 1 mile (10:34).  3 mile warmup, then off to the HHS Track.  2 miles @ 7:03, 7:04, 1/2 mile slow, 1 mile @ 6:39, 1/2 mile slow, 4 x (400m@1:33-1:35 + 90s rest).  Tried to get my mile PR but fell short by 1 second.
Sunday: 22 miles (9:26).  Warm and muggy at the start and ran this on very tired legs.  Was ready to quit after 14 miles, but I wanted that 4th straight week of 80 miles so I hung on for another 8 miles to get in a 22 mile run.

Total Miles:  80.0 miles. Fourth straight week of 80 miles.  My fitness is continuing to improve and I'm only 5 weeks from the Berlin Marathon.  Wednesday was a really good run with 10 miles at marathon pace.   The track showed I'm getting some good speed on Saturday's workout.  It will be an easier mid-week this next week to prepare for a really solid long run on Saturday.  Weather outlook is very good.

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