Onto Week 8 of Colorado Marathon Training (and week 3 of P90X)

Onto week 8 of marathon training. Last weeks runs ended up being wednesday, thursday, friday, sunday. i forget why i didn't run tuesday but it's all good cause i got it in. i was going to go 4 days in a row and run on saturday because the weather was supposed to be nicer than sunday but it ended up being cold and cloudy.  Sunday's weather wasn't too bad. It was very windy, however, so that run was a bit slower. I could feel the wind slowing me down on one long road! That mile ended up taking about 9 minutes. Today is an off day (other than P90X legs and back)! The first 3 runs of the week will be the same as last week, except Saturday gets cranked up to a 5 miler!  I'm glad today is off too...it's supposed to be the coldest day of the week. 

Tuesday: 48º

Wednesday: 53º

Thursday (Turkey Day): 58º

Saturday: 56º

Definitely going to stay on track this week to get those great weather runs in. I'm going to set a goal and try to stay at a steady 9 minute pace for each mile for the 5 miler. This will be the longest run I've done in a few years for sure so right now, it seems long! If I can pick it up a little for the final mile, I will! 

That's all for now! 

Week 7 Coming Up

I made it through last weeks runs. It's getting real now. The temperature didn't get above 30º all week til yesterday (Sunday) and it was under 0 when I woke up a few times last week. I did 2 of my runs indoors on the track/treadmill at the gym but I don't like it...especially when 14 laps = 1 mile. That means for a 3 mile run, I gotta do 42 laps...I split that workout up to 1 mile on the treadmill and finished up on the track.
Last night, Leslie and I ran our longest so far of training (4.5 miles) outside. I got 40:57 for my time which comes out to a 9:06 pace, which I'm fine with considering a lot of the run was through snow and I had to wait for a red light to turn twice. I also took about a minute break and didn't stop the timer at the halfway point. This week is back to 2-3-2-3 so no runs longer than 3 miles. Then next week, we bump up to 5 miles!  Let's hope the weather stays calm, however, what can we expect when training thru the winter for a marathon in May!

6 weeks into marathon training

Leslie and I are 6 weeks into training for our first marathon (my first road race!).  We are following the 30 week training program from http://www.halhigdon.com/training/51143/Marathon-Novice-Supreme-Training-Program.

So far so good. my best mile pace is 6:37 in a 1.5 mile run which was way better than any other run I had done. I had just flown into Boston from Colorado so maybe it was the elevation change??

However my 2 and 3 mile runs were at a 7:20 pace and an 8 minute pace respectively so maybe it was just since it was shorter.

I've been a little off track this week because of a cold. I'm going out now for my first run (3 miles) since Wednesday (11/5)...3 days off...not terrible.

tomorrow will be a rest day and then it will be back on track to the normal week 6 schedule!