Training for the Carmel Marathon on April 4th, 2020 in Carmel Indiana
Goal: 2:51
Week 2
Runs: 8
Weekly Milage: 72
Cumulative Milage: 139
Workouts / Long Run: 17 with 8 at Marathon Pace
The main focus this week was just building my milage a little from last week, about 5 more miles, while being ready for my first MP workout. I am pretty focused right now and I struggled some last week with wanting to do more that the plan called for. I really wanted to add in a threshold workout. Marathon training is about discipline and long term thinking though. I could have added in some threshold miles and it probably would have been ok but doing the plan the way the plan is written will get me where I want to go and will keep me feeling on track and help me from wavering in the other direction as well. I'm doing the plan, period.
I ran my first double in a while. I really hate doubles but if you want to run high milage they are a good way to get there. It was just an easy 4 and I let myself listen to a podcast to distract me.
The MP Long run went really well. 9 miles easy followed by 8 miles at marathon pace. I had Steve and Chad with me as usual. We ran down in Indianapolis again this week and picked up a couple of Steve's friends for part of the run as well. So again this week I got to feel like I was part of something a little bigger than just myself. I ended up averaging about 10 seconds faster than current MP as determined from the Monumental in November. This was a good confidence boost because I was able to pick it up in the last mile and I was in basic trainers not the vaporfly's I wore for the Monumental.
Week 3
Runs: 9
Weekly Milage: 83
Cumulative Milage: 222
Workout: 5 mile LT Wave
Long run: 20 miles
The focus this was again building milage a little and adding another run. A 5 mile threshold run was on the schedule for Monday and a 20 mile long run on Saturday but we got a bout 3-4 inches of snow Sunday night into Monday morning so I just ran the milage hoping that something would workout later in the week. Something kind of worked out on Thursday. I had a 12 mile run scheduled and the roads were dry and the wind was manageable but it was really cold, feels like -1. I modified the workout to be 1/2 mile at about marathon pace followed by 1/2 mile at a little faster than threshold. I was pleased with the results.
Saturday of week 3 saw my long run back up to 20 and there isn't much to remark on except that I got the miles in with Steve and Chad.
Next week I'll be holding my milage and frequency from this week and I plan on bumping up the long run another couple of miles.
Goal: 2:51
Week 2
Runs: 8
Weekly Milage: 72
Cumulative Milage: 139
Workouts / Long Run: 17 with 8 at Marathon Pace
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| Performance Management Chart for the week showing my running fitness progression from the beginning of the cycle through the current week. |
The main focus this week was just building my milage a little from last week, about 5 more miles, while being ready for my first MP workout. I am pretty focused right now and I struggled some last week with wanting to do more that the plan called for. I really wanted to add in a threshold workout. Marathon training is about discipline and long term thinking though. I could have added in some threshold miles and it probably would have been ok but doing the plan the way the plan is written will get me where I want to go and will keep me feeling on track and help me from wavering in the other direction as well. I'm doing the plan, period.
I ran my first double in a while. I really hate doubles but if you want to run high milage they are a good way to get there. It was just an easy 4 and I let myself listen to a podcast to distract me.
The MP Long run went really well. 9 miles easy followed by 8 miles at marathon pace. I had Steve and Chad with me as usual. We ran down in Indianapolis again this week and picked up a couple of Steve's friends for part of the run as well. So again this week I got to feel like I was part of something a little bigger than just myself. I ended up averaging about 10 seconds faster than current MP as determined from the Monumental in November. This was a good confidence boost because I was able to pick it up in the last mile and I was in basic trainers not the vaporfly's I wore for the Monumental.
Week 3
Runs: 9
Weekly Milage: 83
Cumulative Milage: 222
Workout: 5 mile LT Wave
Long run: 20 miles
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| Performance Management Chart for the week showing my running fitness progression from the beginning of the cycle through the current week. |
The focus this was again building milage a little and adding another run. A 5 mile threshold run was on the schedule for Monday and a 20 mile long run on Saturday but we got a bout 3-4 inches of snow Sunday night into Monday morning so I just ran the milage hoping that something would workout later in the week. Something kind of worked out on Thursday. I had a 12 mile run scheduled and the roads were dry and the wind was manageable but it was really cold, feels like -1. I modified the workout to be 1/2 mile at about marathon pace followed by 1/2 mile at a little faster than threshold. I was pleased with the results.
Saturday of week 3 saw my long run back up to 20 and there isn't much to remark on except that I got the miles in with Steve and Chad.
Next week I'll be holding my milage and frequency from this week and I plan on bumping up the long run another couple of miles.
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