Mike's Marathon Training Blog

Sun, Sep 04, 2011

Sun, 04 Sep 2011 06:00:00

Thu, Sep 01, 2011

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 06:00:00

Wed, Aug 31, 2011

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 06:00:00

Tue, Aug 30, 2011

Tue, 30 Aug 2011 06:00:00

Mon, Aug 29, 2011

Mon, 29 Aug 2011 06:00:00

Fri, Aug 26, 2011

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 06:00:00

Ran my Air Force PT Test today. 1.5 miles in 8:50 Not bad since I have been working on Marathon speed, not short distance. Was aiming for 8:59 and accidently ran faster :) I felt really good and could hold that pace for a 5K at least. I also did my push-ups and situps. 42 and 53 respectfully. I missed max points on situps by 1 situp!! :( Missed pushups by 15, but did not expect any better. Overall I'm pleased with my score of 98.1 but have a goal of a 100 from here on out. Pushups are my weakness and need a little more speed on situps, fatigue is not the issue.

Thu, Aug 25, 2011

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 06:00:00

Wed, Aug 24, 2011

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 06:00:00

Tue, Aug 23, 2011

Tue, 23 Aug 2011 06:00:00

Mon, Aug 22, 2011

Mon, 22 Aug 2011 06:00:00

Easy morning, easier week with my Fitness Assessment for work on Friday and 18 on Saturday ahead of me.

Sat, Aug 20, 2011

Sat, 20 Aug 2011 06:00:00

Nice run with a decent sized pack of runners for LRG, 7. Not too hilly but a beautiful run for such an urban area. Really comfortable and casual conversational pace. Ran 13.6 total, was aiming for 12, but had to find our way back. It was kinda neat, we ran the majority of a 5K/10K course for a race that was about to start in the middle of our run, totally random.

Fri, Aug 19, 2011

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 06:00:00

nice easy run, good talk about nutrition and hear rate monitors v. digitized equip and calorie burn.

Thu, Aug 18, 2011

Thu, 18 Aug 2011 06:00:00

Yasso 800s x 8. All from 2:57-3:01 Felt like legs were heavy and i was heavy and slow.

then ran some more with another guy, 100, 200, 400, 200, 100 with active rest of equal distance, not a fast pace for me.

Wed, Aug 17, 2011

Wed, 17 Aug 2011 06:00:00

Tue, Aug 16, 2011

Tue, 16 Aug 2011 06:00:00

10 x 4oo 1:20-1:24

Sat, Aug 13, 2011

Sat, 13 Aug 2011 06:00:00

16 Miles with LRG, 5 Runners today. Stayed with the faster 2 some of the group for the majority of the run, on the hills if I pulled away, I would loop around a side street at the top and rejoin them. It was nice to be out with others. Around mile 11 it was mostly downhill back and I picked up my pace some. I ended up running the last 4 or 5 sub-8, mostly around 7:30. I did get tired and thirsty for the last 1.5 miles. Still kept it under 8's.

For nutrition, I had 2-10oz bottles with a sports drink packet split between them. These were in my new waist pack, it did a lot of twisting on me, but otherwise was ok. Took 2 shot blocks around mile 11.

Felt much better than the end of my 14'er two weeks ago. Nutrition has been really good lately. Last night was 12 oz of teriyaki grilled salmon and mixed veggies.

Fri, Aug 12, 2011

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 06:00:00

Sad day, found out one of the Navy Seals that died in the MH47 let weekend was one of my running partners in Djibouti on a deployment. Great runner, great guy and I'm sure he is missed dearly by his close friends, family and co-workers.

My run was decent this morning, I had not heard the bad news yet. It will be my motivation tomorrow as I run my 16 miler.

Thu, Aug 11, 2011

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 06:00:00

7 x 800, Yassos

5 more laps with 1 guy at 615

Wed, Aug 10, 2011

Wed, 10 Aug 2011 06:00:00

Overslept my alarm! Didnt sleep well and woke up late.

Tue, Aug 09, 2011

Tue, 09 Aug 2011 06:00:00

16, 12, 8, 4

5x 100ez, 100, hard, 100 ez 100 hard

.5 w/ dog

Mon, Aug 08, 2011

Mon, 08 Aug 2011 06:00:00

Nice run with LRG, tried a couple of newer areas we discovered. Nice.

7.38 total.

Sat, Aug 06, 2011

Sat, 06 Aug 2011 06:00:00

Went out for an 8 mile tempo but it was still 95 degrees at 7:40 when i started. I normally run at 515 AM. 78-79 degree starts. Big climb in the mile warm up, but then cruised slowly down and over some smaller rollers for 3 miles at temp pace or a little better. 6:53-6:58 was too hot and dropped my shirt at mile 2.5ish. grabbed a drink and bathroom break at 4.15 decided to chill it down and hit some hills in lieu of finishing at tempo pace. My stomach went sour around 6 and at 6.5 found a bathroom just in time....JUST! wasn't feeling great and headed back in, finished at 7 miles.

Fri, Aug 05, 2011

Fri, 05 Aug 2011 06:00:00

3 from LRG counting me. Ran 6.26, about first 2 miles or so with the other 2 then on my own. Not bad, but legs are feeling heavy!

Thu, Aug 04, 2011

Thu, 04 Aug 2011 06:00:00

Felt decent this AM, but it was hot out! All sub 3:00 6 x 800 for my Yasso 8's.