My journey as a marathoner...

After the Boston Marathon (April 21 - May 4), I took a few days of on/off training doing about 15 minute jogs in the morning, followed with foam rolling and ART. I feel ready to start looking ahead to my next marathon. As of today, the marathon I'm targeting is Twin Cities on October 5th in St.Paul,  MN. I'm excited about this race because time is on my side. I have roughly 22 weeks to put in some good training and racing in between. With that said, here's my first week back. May 5 Monday- AM 5 miles + weights PM 8 miles May 6 Tuesday- AM 5 miles + hurdles PM 8 miles + ART May 7 Wednesday- 10 miles May 8 Thursday- AM 5 miles + weights PM 8 miles May 9 Friday- 10 miles + hurdles May 10 Saturday- AM 5 miles + weights PM 10 miles w/ progression (32:40, 26:16) May 11 Sunday 13 miles Total 87 miles

Top New Englander Ruben Sanca on Boston 118 (From the May/June 2014 edition of New England Runner) (photo by Kevin Morris) Ruben Writes: Boston 118 Following knee surgery in May of 2013 it wasn't until Sunday, March 23rd, that my coach and I came to the agreement to run the 118th Boston Marathon with the goal of going for the US Olympic Trials standard of 2:18:00. This year ' s Boston was a special one for many of us. My high school coach once said,  " Boston is the granddaddy of all marathons. "  To say that I was excited to be racing at a place I once called  " home "  was an understatement. On Friday, April 18, I quickly picked up my number from the expo and headed to my parent ' s house in Dorchester, where I stayed until race day. At 5:30 am on Monday, I took a quick shower and had a typical runners breakfast before being dropped off by my father at the Fairmont Copley Plaza. The BAA Elite Athlete bus was on the Dartmouth St. side o

April 14 Monday- 10 miles + strides + ART April 15 Tuesday- AM: 5 miles PM: 10 miles April 16 Wednesday- AM: 5 miles PM: 8 miles + strides April 17 Thursday- AM: 8 miles with 5k at MP (16:19) PM: 5 miles April 18 Friday- AM: 6 miles PM: 5 miles April 19 Saturday- 6 miles April 20 Sunday- 5 miles Total 73 miles April 21 Monday - Race Boston Marathon- 22nd overall (2:19:05) Photo Credit: Bruce Horwitz Split time of day time diff min/mile miles/h 5K 10:16:15AM 00:16:14 16:14 05:14 11.49 10K 10:32:33AM 00:32:32 16:18 05:15 11.43 15K 10:48:46AM 00:48:45 16:13 05:14 11.50 20K 11:04:58AM 01:04:57 16:12 05:13 11.51 HALF 11:08:26AM 01:08:25 03:28 05:05 11.82 25K 11:21:02AM 01:21:01 12:36 05:12 11.54 30K 11:37:41AM 01:37:39 16:38 05:22 11.21 35K 11:54:30AM 01:54:29 16:50 05:25 11.08 40K 12:11:25PM 02:11:24 16:55 05:27 11.02 Finish Net 12:19:06PM 02:19:05 07:41 05:38 10.65