The miles were up again for week 15, hovering right around 54. Granted there are those out there who hammer out 70-100 miles a week on a consistent basis, but for the weekend warrior like myself, anything over 50 is plenty. Anyway this was sort of a milestone week for me as it included the [...]
The miles ramped back up this week with a total mileage of 55. Along with that came two workouts that proved a lot to me with regards to how my training has been going and my overall fitness level. In particular, on Tuesday I ran a 7 mile tempo run with a per mile goal [...]
Week 13 was a down week with regards to total mileage (44) but it included a 16 mile long run that was a workout in itself. The idea was to run 16 miles which included 10 miles at a comfortably hard pace and then backing down to race pace (7:16) for one additional mile with [...]
Week 12 was a very good test in my book as it included the first 20 mile training run for the year. And for anyone who has ever trained for a marathon you know how daunting the number 20 is on your running schedule. Life got in the way a bit and I wasn’t able [...]