42 miles on the treadmill this week.

WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING SPEEDWORK FOR?!?!

"I don't consider race-pace speedwork"


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I don't...and if Donnie has even a single mile faster than twice that mile speed at Headlands, I'm gonna punch him in his balls.

Had a great long run tonight. 4 mile warmup with the wife and the dog, then 12 more around the LBC. After a lackluster week of treadmill recovery runs from the above mentioned 50k (it fucking wrecked my quads) it felt fantastic to get out for a nice long effort where I felt strong and somewhat quick again. 8:15 average with the last 3 miles sub 7:30.
Oh, and the Garmin 920xt is tits!

I am running a marathon September 13. I am slow. I was told I should post about it here. I ran 105 miles in the month of July and I ran 99 in the month of August.

I do not feel prepared. I am worried

Yeah. Each loop was basically one long uphill followed by a long, pretty steep downhill. Great for the lungs...not do great for the quads. I do specific downhill training too, but this was a bit much for them, lol.


Hope the knee starts feeling better. Sounds like you've got a fantastic base mileage to lead you into this next cycle. Goal?

Based on the runs you've posted on FB, you're pretty well setup to have a great race. It will hurt from mile 18 or so on, but that's when you just suck it up and carry on.

I keep thinking I should do some downhill work for insurance... maybe I'll step up my game.

I've got my first full in Feb, then another 5 weeks later in March. I think for my first one I'm going to go pretty conservative, maybe 7:20-7:30ish pace. The one in March has a net downhill (the reason I should start the downhill training) and depending how the first ends up and how I feel, I'll probably target a 7:05-7:10 and shoot for a Boston qual if I'm lucky.



March course profile:

That's a really good plan...use that first one as a learning experience. Pacing is such a huge part of a good marathon time. You basically have to ride this really fine edge from stat to finish. For me focus was the key to me getting my BQ. Focus on race specific training, but mostly in the race itself. It's all about settling into your goal pace and tuning everything else out.
In your first you're going to be so distracted by everyone around you, the discomfort you might start feeling, etc.

But shit....if you feel good at your BQ pace, then might as well go for it.

I ran 4 yesterday and I was thinking 4 tomorrow and then 1 Friday.