Archive for July, 2008
McMillan Custom Marathon Plan: Week 5 Day 3
Week 5, Day 3 Phase: Pre-Marathon Workout: 40 to 50 minute Easy Run Purpose: Build Endurance Not feeling it tonight. Feeling a little under the weather (too much running? too many push ups? too much ab work?) and with the temperature in the mid-90′s decided on a steady treadmill run instead of battling the heat [...]
Hundred Push Ups Week 5 Day 2
Required: 20, 20, 18, 18, 15, 15, 14, at least 40 Same as last week; I managed the 2×20, 2×18 and 2×15 quite comfortably, but lost concentration and for some reason performed two sets of 14 instead of the required one. I only realized as I started my assault on the final 40. After failing [...]
Memorial Scholarship 5k
Slight break from the McMillan Marathon Training Plan tonight, and time for a test over a challenging 5k course at the Norfolk Botanical Garden. In my opinion, evening races are always more difficult to prepare for, especially when they take place on a work day. I’d much prefer a Saturday or Sunday morning event where [...]
McMillan Custom Marathon Plan: Week 5 Day 1
Week 5, Day 1 Phase: Pre-Marathon Workout: 30 to 40 minute Easy Run Purpose: Build Endurance Nothing much to report today. Nice easy 35 minute run on the treadmill with my heart rate in the 135 to 140 range. 5k race tomorrow night, so thank you Coach McMillan for giving me a couple of easy [...]
Hundred Push Ups Week 5 Day 1 (Repeat)
I’m sufficiently rested after my 40 minute run this morning to tackle the Hundred Push Ups repeat of Week 5 Day 1. Here goes: Required: 40, 32, 30, 25, at least 40 Took my time on the first 40 and managed them with no problems. The 32 and the 30 were fine too – nice, [...]
McMillan Custom Marathon Plan: Week 4 Day 7
Week 4, Day 6 Phase: Pre-Marathon Workout: 40 to 60 minute Easy Run Purpose: Build Endurance Nice easy 5.3 mile run this morning just over the minimum 40 minute requirement. Splits: 8:06 7:58 7:46 7:23 7:16 – nice progressively faster effort… 57.3 miles for the week. 207.3 for the month so far with 4 days [...]
McMillan Custom Marathon Plan: Week 4 Day 6
Week 4, Day 6 Phase: Pre-Marathon Workout: Long, Steady Run: 14 to 16 miles Purpose: Time on your feet is more important than pace in a long, steady run. Run easy and run long. Comments: You can move this Long Run to Saturday if you prefer more rest before your 5k on Tuesday. Knowing I [...]
Tick Magnet
I won’t gross you out with an image (WikiPedia does a good enough job of that), but I did want to bring your attention to a potentially fatal parasite that seems to be in abundance here in Virginia Beach at the moment. Last night after my run I felt something “tickling” my left calf (no [...]
McMillan Custom Marathon Plan: Week 4 Day 5
Week 4, Day 5 Phase: Pre-Marathon Workout: 30 to 40 minute easy run No problems tonight with my well deserved easy 30 minute run. Legs were a bit stiff from yesterday’s challenging workout, but that was to be expected. Actually I didn’t feel as bad as I thought I would. Stats: 4.15 miles in just [...]
Competition Reminder: $50 Amazon, $25 iTunes, $80 Free Advertising Up For Grabs
Quick non-running post if I may. This is just a reminder (or if it’s the first you’ve heard about the contest; not a reminder) that the easy-to-enter-competition going on over at cymru66.com will end as scheduled at midnight (EST) on July 31st, 2008, so you only have 6 days left to get your entries in [...]
