Tuesday, April 5, 2016

March 29 - April 3 Training

Monday: 5 miles (9:17).  Running weather has been great in Paris.  Good, cool running.
Tuesday: 4 miles (9:05).  Through in some pickups running along the Seine River.
Wednesday: 7 miles (8:43).  2 Mile Warmup, followed by a 4 mile progression of 8:20, 8:10, 8:00, 7:50.  1 Mile Cooldown.
Thursday: 5 miles (9:17).
Friday: 4 miles (9:27).
Saturday: 3 miles (9:53).  Final taper run for Paris.
Sunday: 26.4 miles (8:39).  Paris Marathon in 3:48:11.  Will give a full recap later this week.

Total Miles: 54.4 miles.

March 21 - March 28 Training

Monday: 3 miles (9:32), 5 miles (8:57).  Easy running.
Tuesday: 5 miles (9:34).
Wednesday: 2 miles (9:02), warmup. 7 miles (7:47), alternating 7:50/8:10 paces each mile.  2 miles (10:08), cooldown.
Thursday: 1 mile (9:56), 4 miles (10:22). Garmin reset after first mile.  Easy running. 3 miles (9:36).
Friday: 2 miles (9:30). Quick treadmill run before heading to the airport to fly to Paris.
Saturday: 5.26 miles (9:10).  Jetlag run in Paris.
Sunday: 12.7 miles (9:26).  2 hour easy run in Paris, 7 days to the marathon.

Total Miles:52 miles.  Full taper week heading into the Paris Marathon.