Greetings, runners! Please tell us about your past training week and upcoming goals.
Mon 7.7mi (1:10) tmTue 8.4mi (1:14) tmWed 7mi (0:56) tmThu 8.3mi (1:15) tmFri 8.2mi (1:31)Sat 6.5mi (1hr) tmSun 6.6mi (1:31)Total: 52.8 milesonly two outdoor runs this week. Friday was ok, but on Sunday I had to wait all day for the rain to stop. And luckily it did stop, but it was still very cold and windy
good morning all.
I see I missed checking in last week.
This is what I accomplished last week:
Tues: 4.7
Wed: 6.3
Thur: 5
Sat: 15.3 trail miles with 2900 ft gain
total: 31.3
It was a better week in terms of overall mileage, but that trail run was not a confidence booster at all. It was hard, and I was slow. makes me question my sanity in running a trail marathon in a month but at least I know in the race my elevation gain is in the neighborhood of 1700 ft so that'll feel flat!This week I'm just looking to up the mileage some more and lengthen out my long run to 18-19.
Tammy
Waltons ThreadLord
Alexander - Another nice week for you in mileage. Sorry you had to be indoors so much. I love half marathons (I ran my 45th last weekend, that being over a 9-year period). Good luck on whichever one(s) you choose to run.
Tammy - Don't let one run dissuade you. Bad days happen. Most of all, try to have fun - that's the kind of reset I needed.
The mental reset I had at ParkRun held up through my race on Sunday, which turned out to be a great day for me, though very tough, too. I started the HM with the 2:00 pacers and ran with them through mile 10, at which point my average pace was 9:04. Then I decided to try pulling away, which I did, but after a while, I wondered whether that had been a wise choice and whether they'd catch me. It's been a long time since my tank was so empty at the end of a half and I really wondered whether I was going to fall back to a 10:00+ pace. Looking at my splits, it wasn't just in my head. Mile 11, when I pulled away, was 8:42, but then miles 12 and 13 were 9:11 and 9:12, so the pacers would have been catching up to me. On a day where the wind was a real factor and at a race where I'd hoped I could go sub-2, I ran a 1:58:29. That's 4 minutes slower than last year, but with all I've been through lately, I was thrilled with that result. 35.3 miles for the week.
E. Murray Todd HM
5k 23:48.45 (3/22); 4M 31:26 (2/22); 5M 38:55 (11/23); 10k 49:24 (10/22); 10M 1:29:33 (2/24); Half 1:48:32 (10/22); Marathon 4:29:58 (11/23)Upcoming races: Scotch Plains 5k, 6/12; Firecracker 4-miler, 7/4
HI Tammy, great week! Impressive that you are doing those long trail runs with so much elevation. I think this is supposed to be exactly like this, hard and slow in training, easy and fast on the day of the race.
Fred, great job pushing hard on the HM and getting your goal on a difficult day. Running slightly ahead of the target pace group is my favorite tactic. I find it more helpful when I am not seeing them and just picturing in my mind that they are catching up. Because when they do catch up and pass, holding on to them from behind is much harder somehow. And once the gap forms, there's usually no way I can close it later.