Well, I made it through my first week of training. Granted it is going to be the easiest week, by far (not counting the taper weeks), but still, I survived without injury, which is my goal as I go through this Pfitz cycle.
Yesterday, I was planning out my 12 miler, and after feeling the onset of a sore throat, I debated whether it was better to get rest and sleep in or run early. Before turning in for the night, I decided to run early. Then around 2 a.m. I woke up and my throat felt worse. So, I turned off the alarm and decided to run later in the day.
It turned out to be pretty good weather for running, despite the forecast for rain. It was windy, but cool and overcast. I decided to do a hilly run today and try my best to stick to the pacing that Pfitz recommends. His pacing calls for running the long run 10 - 20% slower than marathon pace. My goal is to run at around 9:00/mile which would translate to running between 9:54/mile and 10:48/mile for my long runs. For the most part, I was able to keep it in that range, but towards the end, I sped up a little, just to see how my legs would feel at marathon pace. Overall the run went well and my new shoes felt pretty good. Here are the numbers:
12 miles/1:58:01/9:50/mile
Week 2 calls for pretty much the same runs with a few more miles tacked on. As for me, I'm exhausted from my run and will be going to sleep early tonight!
Have a great week everyone!
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Nice job Joe...glad SOMEone got their 12 miles done today!
ReplyDeleteKeep at it brother.
great job on week one and the 12 miler!!
ReplyDeleteHey Joe,
ReplyDeleteCongrats on starting up with the marathon training and the long run. I've been pretty bad lately with running having only put in one run in a week! I did sign up for that Marathon in April though so I'd better get moving. Hopefully I can be as disciplined as you!
Hey Gary,
ReplyDeleteWhich marathon did you sign up for? Are you going to use a specific program to train? Best of luck to you! I'm sure you'll do fine.
It's the Jersey Shore Relay Marathon that Grace, Jen Om, Sue Yim, and a couple others are running. In order to run Grace's leg with her, I entered as a team of one. As for training, I'm just running what I can and not following any program yet (though I did order that Advanced Marathon book you recommended).
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