My journey as a marathoner...

Mon Jan 18 10 miles ,67min, hurdles, drills, strides Tue Jan 19 AM Workout: 4xmile w/ 400 rest covered in 2min 4:29-4:28-4:27-4:31, 10miles total PM 5 miles, 34min, drills, core Wed Jan 20 AM 5 miles, 34min, hurdles PM 10 miles, 69min, drills, strides Thur Jan 21 12 miles, 1:25min, drills, core Fri Jan 22 AM 5 miles, 34min, hurdles, strides PM 10 miles, 66min, drills Sat Jan 23 8 miles, 56min Sun Jan 24 Race mile at GBTC,2nd, 4:09.45, 15 miles total Total: 90 miles Very happy about this week. A lot of good things came out from this week for sure. First, the 4xmile workout, which has become a staple workout to test my fitness for the 5k, gave me a big boost of confidence I needed after my DNF a few weeks ago.. Last year, I ran this exact same workout and averaged 4:32, which ended up being the same pace I averaged for the race 9 days later. This past Tuesday I averaged 4:28 which is a big improvement. Even so considering the tired legs from the 51min 10 mile progression Saturday and the...

Monday Jan 11 12 miles, 1:10min, last 3 miles 15:48 Tuesday Jan 12 AM 5 miles, 34min, hurdles PM 10 miles, 69min, core, drills Wednesday Jan 13 AM Workout: mile-800-4x400-mile (10 miles total) 4:30(400rec),2:11(200r),64(200r),63 (200r),64 (200r),63(400r), 4:28 PM 5 miles, 34min, drills Thursday Jan 14 AM 5 miles, 34min, hurdles PM 12 miles, 1:17min, strides Friday Jan 15 10 miles, 63min, strides, drills, core Saturday Jan 16 Workout: 10 mile progression run, 51:23, hurdles (15 miles total) 5:22-5:21-5:19-5:16-5:15-5:09-5:05-4:59-4:54-4:43 Sunday Jan 18 18 miles, 2:03min Total: 102 miles

Monday Jan 4 12 miles, 1:13min, strides, hurdles Tuesday Jan 5 AM 10 miles, 1:11min, long hills, drills PM 5 miles, 34min Wednesday Jan 6 AM 5 miles, 34min, hurdles PM 10 miles, 1:12min (in woods), core Thursday Jan 7 AM 10miles, workout: 5x1k w/ 200m rest at under 60 secs 2:46-2:45-2:44-2:45-2:46 total workout including recovery: 5800meters in 17:38, 4:53 pace PM 5 miles, 34min, drills Friday Jan 8 AM 5 miles, 34min, hurdles PM 10 miles, 69min, core Saturday Jan 9 10 miles, 66min, strides Sunday Jan 10 14 miles total, Dartmouth Relays 3k DNF Total: 96 miles This week I did my first track workout. Averaged 2:45 for the 1ks, which is 4 seconds faster than I averaged last year at this same time. I was not able to finish the 3k at Dartmouth partly because I had chest problems and terrible race strategies. Running in and out of the cold weather is definitely starting to hit me, but I hope I can keep the sickness away (if any) and be ready for my next race on Jan 30. Kind of a disappoint...

Monday Dec 28 12 miles, 1:23min, long hills Tuesday Dec 29 AM 12 miles, 1:23min, drills, strides PM 5 miles, 34min, hurdles Wednesday Dec 30 AM 5 miles, 33min, drills PM 12 miles, progression, 1:10min, core, hurdles 6:58-6:49-6:39-6:26-6:14-6:03-5:45-5:33-5:21-5:08-4:54-4:44 Thursday Dec 31 12 miles, 1:26min, hurdles, strides Friday Jan 1 AM 5 miles, 33min, drills PM 13 miles, 1:30min, 15x short hills Saturday Jan 2 10 miles, 60min, last 2 miles in 10:35 Sunday Jan 3 18 miles, 1:59min, last 10 miles 61min, core Total: 104 miles I'm finally back in Lowell. This week concluded a strong 7-week of a mini base. Mileagewise I went 80-93-96-96-99-100-104, for long runs I went 16-16-17-17-18-18-18 and for my 12 mile progression runs, I improved the last 3 miles from 15:30 to 15:06 and now 14:46 this week. Not so sure where my speed is since I haven't done much, but I'm sure the strength should be able to carry me through these first few races. Hopefully the drills, hurdles and core...