My journey as a marathoner...

Mon Mar 26 AM 10 miles PM 5 miles, drills, strides Tue Mar 27 AM 6 miles PM 12 miles Wed Mar 28 AM 12 miles w/ fartlek 6x3min on w/ 90 sec off (1:15min) PM 6 miles, drills, strides Thur Mar 29 AM 6 miles PM off Fri Mar 30 AM 12 miles (1:16min) PM 9 miles Sat Mar 31 AM 6 miles PM 10 miles, 5x Christian Hill 2:46, 2:47, 2:47, 2:47, 2:45 Sun Apr 1 AM off PM 20 miles 114 miles

Mon Mar 19 AM 10 miles PM 10 miles (60min), core Tue Mar 20 AM 7 miles PM 12 miles (1:19min) Wed Mar 21 AM 7 miles, strides, drills PM 10 miles w/ 4x3-2-1 fartlek (58:27) Thu Mar 22 AM 8 miles PM 12 miles (1:16min), drills Fri Mar 23 AM 6 miles PM 10 miles w/ 16min hilly tempo (no distance) Sat Mar 24 AM off PM 10 miles Sun Mar 25 AM Shamrock Shuffle 2 Mile Road Race, 9:05.77-1st, 9 miles PM 11 miles 122 miles

Mon Mar 12 AM 8 miles PM 12 miles Tue Mar 13 AM 10 miles, strides PM 8 miles, core, strides Wed Mar 14 AM 6 miles PM 10 miles, strides Thu Mar 15 AM 10 miles PM Travel to Myrtle Beach, SC Fri Mar 16 AM Shakeout PM Race 5000m at Shamrock Invite (Myrtle Beach, SC) - 1st 14:32, 10 miles Sat Mar 17 AM Travel to Boston PM 13 miles (1:22min) Sun Mar 18 AM 20 miles (2:08min) PM off 107 miles This past week I had an unexpected race. I was asked by the Cape Verdean Athletics Federation to run a track 5000m race just to "register" a time. As part of the Olympic wildcard application process, I had to have a registered 5000m race in the past 12 months and I had until March 23rd to have it on file. I basically ran as easy as I could then kicked in the last mile. Felt great! Also, I have joined a new club, actually one of the oldest clubs in US - GBTC. Check out the website www.gbtc.org. It will be fun have team races again.

Mon Mar 5 AM 6 miles PM 12 miles, core Tue Mar 6 AM 10 miles PM 0ff Wed M ar 7 AM 10 miles, 5x Christian Hill 2:55, 2:55, 2:52, 2:53, 2:49 PM 8 miles Thu Mar 8 AM 12 miles PM 8 miles, core Fri Mar 9 AM 6 miles, 8 x250m strides PM 12 miles Sat Mar 10 AM 14 miles PM 6 miles Sun Mar 11 AM off PM 22 miles (2:15min) w/ 10mile fartlek in middle (5:35 pace) 2x (4min-3-2-2-3-4) 4x 60sec half recovery 126 miles

Mon Feb 27 AM 10 miles PM 10 miles Tue Feb 28 AM 10 miles, 5x Christian Hill 3:01, 2:57, 2:56, 2:55, 2:55 PM 8 miles, drills, strides, core Wed Feb 29 AM 12 miles PM off Thu Mar 1 AM 12 miles, core PM 8 miles Fri Mar 2 AM 5 miles PM 12 miles Sat Mar 3 AM 12 miles w/ Progresssion 10 miles 5:30, 5:27, 5:24, 5:20, 5:18, 5:15, 5:12, 5:08, 5:04, 4:57 PM 5 miles Sun Mar 4 AM off PM 20 miles 124 miles