My journey as a marathoner...

Monday Sep 20 AM 6 miles, 42min, on/ff strides PM 12 miles, 1:18min, drills Tuesday Sep 21 AM 8 miles, 56min, drills PM 12 miles+,1:12min workout goal 6xmile @sub5 w/ 400 rest warm up: 15min, light drills and strides actual workout: 4:54.30(1:29.62)4:58.75(1:31.13)4:57.94(1:32.06)4:55.94(1:34.62)4:58.25(1:33.63)4:57.99 total 11600m in 37:24.23 including rests at 5:11.32/mile cool down: 20min Happy to finally get the 6xmile under me. A little improvement from 2 weeks ago when I did 5xmile for 9600m of work in 5:15.78 pace. Not only this time I ran it faster, but also longer. Wednesday Sep 22 AM 7 miles, 49min PM 12 miles, 1:23min Thursday Sep 23 AM 6 miles, 42min PM 13 miles, 1:30min workout goal: 25x100m at sub 15 on the minute warm up: 37min, full drills and strides actual workout: 25x100 14.68(43.75)14.56(44.69)14.88(43.62)14.69(43.94)15.12(42.13) 14.62(44.25)14.75(43.50)14.38(46.74)14.76(43.56)14.50)39.12) 14.57(45.75)14.81(43.62)14.69(42.13)14.62(43.56)14.69(45.44) 14.75(42.37)14.8

US5km Championships - Photo by Scott Mason Monday Sep 13 AM 6 miles, 43min, with on/off strides PM 12 miles, 77min warm up: 20min, light drills and strides, 1x200 in 29.54 (32.86 4 weeks ago and 31.14 2 weeks ago) workout goal: 15:30 for 5000 of work with 400on100off actual workout: 67.68(24.00)69.13(23.25)69.31(22.94)69.94(23.18) 69.94(23.19)69.50(23.81)67.94(23.75)69.19(23.12) 68.88(23.68)69.25(15.88)---15:17.56 for 5000m including rest cool down 42min Tuesday Sep 14 AM 5 miles, 35min PM 13 miles, 1:31min, drills Wednesday Sep 15 AM 7 miles, 49min noon massage PM 13 miles,1:21min at South Boston Track (next to the beach) workout goal: 8x1k at 3:05 w/ 400 rest warm up: 21min, light drills and strides actual workout: 3:02.66(1:34.00)3:04.93(1:31.50)3:03.13(1:31.62)3:02.38(1:31.18) 3:01.19(1:30.19)3:01.88(1:30.62)3:01.00(1:31.82)2:58.57 --total 10,800 in 34:56.67---5:12 per mile cool down: 25min Thursday Sep 16 AM 7 miles, 49min PM 12 miles, 1:24min Friday Sep 17 AM 6 miles, 42min, dril

If you are a USATF member, this notice is for you (actually even if you're not, still read this). The USATF-New England region will be having its annual meeting on Thursday September 16 at the Double Tree Hotel in Waltham (address: 550 Winter Street, Waltham MA , at I-95 Exit 27-B). Elections will be surrounded by many issues affecting New England clubs and runners. Some of these issues can be found here in this blog entry that NB Boston athlete Dan Hocking wrote. I have never attended one of these meetings before, but as a USATF member I feel that the results of the new elections will indeed have a big impact on the New England running scene, myself and my club, BAA . To learn more about the meeting click here . See you there!

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Monday Sep 6 AM 12 miles+, 1:27min, drills PM 8 miles, 57min Tuesday Sep 7 AM 6 miles, 43min PM:11 miles,67min workout goal 6xmile @5:00 w/ 400m rest @ sub 2 warm up: 16min, lights drills and strides actual workout: 4:54.10(1:40.48)4:57.82(1:37.62)4:58.63(1:35.56)5:01.82(1:38.93)4:58.66 total 9600m in 31:23.72 including rest at 5:15.78/mile cool down: 20min Body sore as hell before the workout, very hot out at 3pm. I basically have no sense of pacing either, most of them were run at negative splits. Still not a good workout but much better than the 8x1k last week. Wednesday Sep 8 AM 6 miles, 41min with on/off strides PM 12 miles, 1:22min, drills Thursday Sep 9 AM 7 miles, 49min, drills PM 11 miles, 1:24min workout goal: 20x100 on the minute @ 15 sec warm up: 43min (5mile) with girls team and Coach G, light drills and strides actual workout: 15.43(48.70)15.31(46.82)14.94(45.75)14.93(46.00)14.75 (43.50)14.69(44.00)14.56(45.19)14.81(43.63)14.87(43.63)14.93(42.19) 14.44(44.37)14.51(43.9

Monday Aug 30 AM 7 miles, 51min, drills PM 10 miles, 64min (minor heat stroke) workout goal: 10x400@70 w/100m quick jog @23sec at UML track warm up: 21min,light drills, 1x200 stride in 31.14 (improvement from 32.86 few weeks back) actual workout:69.46 (21.94) 68.75 (24.68) 68.76 (23.54) 70.56- took full rest after this due to heat problems (1:56) 69.88 (1:58) 68.57 (1:56) 68.93 cool down: 31min, almost passed out, had some serious problems making it back. Tuesday Aug 31 AM 5 miles, 35min with on/off strides PM 12 miles, 1:20min, full drills Wednesday Sep 1 AM 7 miles, 48min Noon massage PM 12 miles, 1:13min workout goal: 8x1k @ 3:10 with 400m quick jog at MIT track warm up: 16 min, no drills (running late for meeting) actual workout: 3:08.52(1:35.31) 3:09.13(1:34.31) 3:11.00(1:34.56) 3:08.69 (1:33.25) 3:08.00 (1:34.56) 3:10.31 (1:35.64)3:10.61 (1:34.13) 3:07.35 for 10,800m of work including recovery in 36:15.3 (5:24 per mile) Thursday Sep 2 AM 7 miles, 47min with on/off strides PM 12 m