Archive for September, 2008
McMillan Custom Marathon Plan: Week 14 Day 2
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Week 14, Day 2
Phase: Marathon
Workout: 15 to 30 minute Warm-Up + Tempo Run: 5 to 7 miles + 15 to 30 minute Cool-down
Purpose: Build Stamina - lactate threshold
Challenging workout tonight. […]
Beat The Richmond Marathon Price Increase
If you’re still on the fence about running the Richmond Marathon on November 15th (or the McDonald’s Half Marathon or NTELOS 8k for that matter), sign up today if you want to avoid paying higher entry fees, as all rates go up on October 1st!
The SunTrust Richmond Marathon, “America’s Friendliest Marathon”, registration fee is […]
McMillan Custom Marathon Plan: Week 14 Day 1
Week 14, Day 1
Phase: Marathon
Workout: 40 to 50 minute Easy Run
Purpose: Build Endurance
The start of Week 14; 13 down, 7 to go. Wow! Richmond is getting closer.
Easy treadmill run for 47 minutes tonight. Nothing special, just a recovery run.
Hit 250 miles for the month of September - a new record for 2008 with 1 day […]
McMillan Custom Marathon Plan: Week 13 Day 7 - Four Minutes In 90 Minutes
Week 13, Day 7
Phase: Marathon
Workout: Long, Steady Run: 90 minutes
Purpose: Build Endurance and leg resistance to fatigue
Left it a little late in the day for my Sunday run, and ended up running on the treadmill (again). I’m not a huge fan of long runs on the ‘mill; anything more than an hour is usually too […]
Haile Gebrselassie Sets New Marathon World Record
Haile Gebrselassie broke his own world record as he won the Berlin Marathon for the third time in a row.
The 35-year-old Ethiopian became the first man to run under two hours, four minutes as he clocked 2:03:59.
His time was nearly half a minute quicker than his previous record, set over the same course last year.
I […]
Neptune Festival 8k
Don’t think I’ve ever raced in so much rain; it was absolutely torrential from the time we arrived at the start area to the time the race was over! Not that I’m complaining of course - I love running in the rain and to be honest it kind of reminded me of racing in my […]
