I was able to get out the door and run my 5 miles late this afternoon. I did one mile loops from my house, 8:00 pace with a bit faster for the last one. I felt sluggish, but the time was better than how it felt. Andy handed me a bottle of Gatorade at each mile mark in between playing with the rapidly melting ice & snow.
This finishes a week of highs & lows. I've found myself doubting if I will be able to run the miles needed to prepare for a marathon. Obviously this tends to zapp the motivation! On the other hand, my 26 mile total this week is my biggest week in at least 2 years. 11+4+6+5. The cumulative time for this 'marathon' distance was about 3:51 . . . could that be my goal time?
I need to test my fitness level - and have been looking at the race schedules. Of course the long run still needs to be the main focus of this segment of my training, but I'm pre-occupied with setting a goal race pace so that I can tailor my traing schedule to work toward the various paces coming from the race pace time. Considering March 1st 10 miler here, or half marathon south of Baltimore.
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alright dean. snap out of it! it is still way early in your training, don't psyche yourself out yet! one day at a time, that's all you have to do.
ReplyDeleteHey Dean, sorry about the lag since the last comment. Yeah, it's Mike as in Peyton Place. To answer your previous question, I've run 5 marathons (2 Marine Core, 2 Philly, and 1 De), generally under 4hours. Are you running hurt or about 100%? I think good preparation for marathong is first long and longer runs (gradually), and second 6-8 mile tempo runs. Are you doing CR? I'm still considering what marathon to run.
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