Yep - a few block north of the Temple. The 1st Dam 10K goes right past my house. Do you know which weekend that race is? Your race schedule looks a lot like mine, though I haven't decided between the Bear Lake Marathon (or 1/2) and the Ragner Relay - I think they're just a week apart. Also, I'm considering doing "Running From and Angel" in Boulder City Nevada on January 3rd.
What is the distance of the "Running From and Angel" race. Is this the race that is out 16 weeks that you are training for.
The next race I will be running is the 1st Dam run. (1st of November) The rest of this week will be recovery runs, too let my legs heal. Next week I will start putting some speed work in. I have to be careful because I was injured most of August and I don't want another set back.
Running From an Angel sounds like an interesting race.
As for my training, I have been running once in a while for the last 10 years however I have only been training for the last year and a half. Last year (2007) when I signed up to run the relay I started to train for it. That is when I started to run 5 to 6 days a week. However, after the relay I would only run a few times a week. This year when I started to train for the relay again I ran the Half Marathon as part of my training, I realy enjoyed the Half marathon and decided to try the full marathon. I was injured for most of August so I haven't worked on speed for a while. I pulled a musle in the North West Passage Relay) My goal training schedule would look like this.
Monday: 5-8 miles easy (Recovery Day)
Tuesday: Speed work (6 * 800 meters in under 3 minutes (I want my 100 split to be the same) I will increase my reps until I can run 10-12, with a few warm up and cool down miles
Wensday: 5-8 miles easy
Thursday: 8-12 (This run I run up a 5-6 percent hill) I want to maintain 8 min pace up the hill
Friday: 5-8 miles easy (Sometimes I take this day off) Date night with my wife.
Saturday: 11-23 miles
Sunday: Off
Before I start this training schedule I make sure I can run 5-6 times a week, putting in 20- 30 miles a week. Make sure you only add miles every other week and no more then 10% at a time. (Lessens learned, make sure you run the easy days easy. I got injured when I ran Three weeks in a row where I didn't run easy on monday and wensday. I ran the miles at 7:00 minute pace. My grion was tender, when I went to the relay where I finished it off, If you have something that hurts or sore don't do the speed work) I couldn't run for a month.
By goal for next year will be putting in 60 to 70 mile week. I will run twice in one day a few times a week. This will help me get ready for the relay, and build endurance without added stress to the musles. I feel if I follow this training schedule I have a good chance to Qualify for boston.
So, the reason that you only beat me by a few seconds was because you were injured for a month? My average weelky mileage has been around 27 (not including missed weeks for scout camp, vaction, and the week after each marathon) and the longest weeks that I've had 48 and 49 miles, and a few between 40 and 42. The rest were all shorter.
Your goal schedule looks pretty agressive - good luck!
I know my schedule looks pretty agressive. Your training isn't much diffent then mine. The most mile I have put in is 45 to 50 mile a week and I only did that twice.
I am relatively new to training for a marathon so things might not come out as planned. Balancing Work, family and running is not easy, I have to make sure my family doesn't suffer. I just know inorder to improve my times I need to increase my endurance.
You shouldn't feel that I am not saying the only reason "only beat you by" is because I was injured. You never know what would of happed if I wasn't injured. I might of started too fast, I might of over trained ... Anyway the person that stays injury free might be the best runner.
Anyway in the Ogden 1/2 Marathon I came in a few seconds before a co-worker. At the Top of Utah marathon he finished over 23 minutes before I did. That could be you the next time.
I just wish we lived in the same town so could have a training partner. You might look up the following people that live in logan. (Jon, Cody, Paul) there are a lot more that they would know.
I'm with you on the balancing thing - I've moved all of my runs to early mornings and the long run still gets in the way...
So what was your co-workers training schedule like? Was it a Boston Qualifier?
I've never really run with anyone, and until I found this blog, I didn't realize that people ran together much. I suppose it may help with the daily motivation. Are there many marathoners from Brigham on this site?
My Co-worker missed Qualifing by 20 seconds. I don't realy know what his training schedule is. When I say co-worker, he work at the same company. but he works a Different Building, and shift. I tried to get together to run with him but he also lives in Tremonton. I do know his training was much better then mine. He was running a 20 mile run the next saturday after the half.
As for other blog members in Brigham City I only know One, other than my wife. However, he is in hollow different class of runner. He could run circles around me. (By the was Jon, Cody and Paul are very good runners) Can run circles around me, but they know a lot of other runners and don't have a problem coaching other runners. I have learned a lot from them.
I have never really run with anyone either, except for one long run a runners club from work put on. It was nice having someone around to break up the time.
Add Your Comment.
Keep it family-safe. No vulgar or profane language.
To discourage anonymous comments of cowardly nature, your IP
address will be logged and posted next to your comment.
Do not respond to another person's comment out of context. If
he made the original comment on another page/blog entry,
go to that entry and
respond there.
If all you want to do is contact the blogger and your comment
is not connected with this entry and has no relevance to others,
send a private message instead.
