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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. […]


My Fitness In Vegas, Stayed In Vegas

After a fantastic four days in Vegas, today was my first run since last Thursday afternoon, and it turned out to be more of a struggle than I’d expected. Leading up to the weekend, I felt in fine form and definitely ready to take on another marathon in a couple of weeks time. With […]


Ten Mile Run With Eight Miles At Marathon Pace

No MotionBased stats available at the moment for tonight’s run as I’m having problems with my other computer that I usually hook the Garmin up to. Seems like a recent Windows update has messed with some settings and I’m unable to start it up at the moment.
Anyway, on to tonight’s run. I planned on running […]


Lunchtime Run In The Sun

First time since Sunday I’ve ventured outside for a run, and what a nice run it was too! I’d only planned to run 4 or 5 miles, but with temperatures in the mid-70°s and a nice cooling breeze, it was a perfect afternoon for something a little longer. I ended up running 7 miles, […]


Eight Miler At Marathon Goal Pace

Started tonight’s run fairly comfortably, but quickly decided to pick up the pace - all intentions of a steady six mile run soon turned into a goal marathon pace effort for eight miles. I surprised myself towards the end of the workout with a couple of low six minute miles (6:07 and 6:09), and […]


4 Mile Treadmill Tempo

Just a four mile tempo run on the treadmill tonight to keep things ticking over. After a short warm up, I ran 3 x 6 minute reps at a fairly brisk pace (enough to elevate my heart rate anyway) and a 3% incline.
I allowed myself the luxury of a 90 second recovery period […]