My journey as a marathoner...

Great week of training. Had a really good balance of mileage and workouts. Looking for another 5-6 really good weeks like this. The alteration workout felt excellent. It provided a good mix of "speed" and endurance. Next time I'm going to try 600/1000 and increase a few more miles on that workout. About 9 weeks to go until Twin Cities. Next week I will be racing a 10 mile on Tuesday and then a track 5k in Brazil on Sunday. I'm going to use them both as hard workouts and not really change much from my marathon plans.

This is the highest mileage for long run and total in a week I've done since 2011. This is exactly where I want to be in terms of volume. Now I need to be able to do the quality workouts with this kind of volume. I had a little nagging calf pain Friday July 19th and was forced to cut the MP intervals short to be on the preventative side. I felt good again the next day. I will try to get a good set of intervals this week and even a short tempo between 103-105% MP. Overall fitness is there. Now it's time to really start the quality work.

Continued a solid week of marathon workout build ups. Increased my MP tempo run, hill reps and long run. Next week hopefully I will get in first set of MP intervals. I'm glad to say that even though I had a small problem post Boston, I am exactly where I need to be in getting ready for Twin Cities on Oct 5. Timing is crucial and I'm going to do my best to make sure I am at my peak when it matters the most.

Great week of training. I believe this is the most weekly miles I've done since 2011. Looking forward to increasing my MP tempo runs, hills reps and long runs!