McMillan Custom Marathon Plan: Week 3 Day 6

Posted by Steve ()
July 19, 2008

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Week 3, Day 6
Phase: Base
Workout: Long, Steady Run: 14 to 16 miles
Purpose: Build Endurance and leg resistance to fatigue
Comments: Time on your feet is more important than pace in a long, steady run. Run easy and run long.

Nice “long” run at First Landing State Park this morning. Haven’t been to the park in quite a while; actually the last time was when my car was broken into during a 20 miler……

Anyway, no such bad luck today and it turned out to be quite a nice run on a warm, but humid Saturday morning. According to the McMillan training plan, pace isn’t necessarily important for the long runs (at least for now anyway), so I didn’t wear a watch and decided to run on effort rather than minutes per mile.

I covered 15 miles in exactly 2 hours giving me an average 8:00 minute per mile pace. I carried a small flask of Perpetuem, so fueling wasn’t an issue and with a couple of handy water fountains on the trail I was able to stay well hydrated too.

Great run, my legs feel fine and I’m looking forward to rounding off the third week of the program tomorrow….

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