First Landing State Park
10 Mile Post Marathon Training Run
Decided to run about 10 miles this morning to test my legs after last week’s marathon. I haven’t been totally lazy all week – I ran on Wednesday and have kept fairly active on the other days. I started the run with a sub 8:00 minute mile and was surprised at how easy it felt. [...]
Week 15 – Key Run Workout #3
What a pleasant feeling this morning knowing I “only” had 10 miles to run on the trail. For the past 15 weeks of marathon training I’ve slowly increased my mileage and completed 5 x 20 mile runs. With the cooler temperatures today, the 10 miler was quite literally “a stroll in the park”. The FIRST [...]
Week 13 – Key Run Workout #3
Today marked the fifth and final 20 mile run of the 16 week training program, and I must be honest, I’m glad it’s behind me. The plan called for 20 miles at Planned Marathon Pace plus 30 seconds (around 7:18 per mile), but with the weather forecast calling for temperatures in the mid to high [...]
Week 11 – Key Run Workout #3
No 20 mile run can ever be described as easy (well, not for me anyway), but today’s long run was one of the best I can remember for quite some time. With only 5 weeks to go until my main goal race of 2007, the Marine Corps Marathon, I was in desperate need for a [...]
Week 10 – Key Run Workout #3
Another solid run today and a good way to end the week, especially as there’s only 6 weeks to go until race day. It was nice to ‘only’ have to run 15 miles instead of an 18 or 20 mile run, and the weather was the most pleasant it’s been for a while too. The [...]
Week 9 – Key Run Workout #3
Well, I must admit, I’m happy this particular workout is behind me. I made the bold, but maybe not too smart, decision to attempt this 20 mile run at a faster pace than the FIRST Training Plan suggested. The idea behind that piece of madness was to train at a pace based on my goal [...]
