March 20 - March 26 Training

Monday: 3 miles (9:03), 2 miles(9:30), 3 miles (9:22).  Quick easy run at lunch time.  Went for a pre-Brixx run just after 5 PM, however, while running on the library greenway, the skies started looking pretty dark to the north and they were moving my way.  So looped back to the car and went home and ran a few on the treadmill.
Tuesday: 9 miles (9:22).  Easy run on the treadmill, weather didn't look too good outside.
Wednesday: 2 miles (9:46), 5 miles (9:22).  Went to go do a workout on the Station Camp Loop, but I felt hungry and tired on the warmup and went home and had an early dinner and took a nap and then got up and ran 5 on the treadmill.  Will try to get in a tempo run tomorrow.
Thursday: 4 miles (8:19), 4 miles (8:18), 2 miles (9:28).  I walked a half mile for my warmup and then started with the Station Camp Loop Jr., which was a PR at 32:43.  It was straight into the wind down Lower Station Camp and it was tough to get under 8:30 that first mile.  Felt pretty tired after 1 loop, so rather than another loop, I just did an out and back on LSC for another 4 mile tempo run and then did a 2 mile cooldown on the Greenway.  It shouldn't be that tough to run an 8:20 pace, which means I'm in trouble for London.  1 month isn't enough to gain the fitness to go after a BQ, so it's going to be a 3:59 target for London.
Friday: 6 miles (9:13).  Didn't run until late, so ran on the treadmill.
Saturday: 6 miles (9:22).  Decided not to run the Middle Tennessee Shootout 5K.  Ended up mowing the lawn and going to a piano recital at Vanderbilt and didn't run until late, so another treadmill run.  But the run streak did hit 800 days today.

Sunday: 8 miles (8:51), 3 miles (9:22).  Woke up with a stomach ache that really never went away. Finally went out around 2:45 PM to run at Drakes Creek Park.  I repeated running 5 minutes and walking 1 minute for a nice 8:51 average pace.  Then added 3 miles on the treadmill watching the end of the North Carolina - Kentucky NCAA game.

Total Miles: 57 miles.  Not the miles I should have been going for, but motivation has been a big struggle for this marathon cycle.  The net result is that there won't be any BQ attempt in London.