I admit it. I checked the Boston Entry list again this morning. 🙂 Just to make sure I didn't dream the whole thing up and that I really AM running in the Boston Marathon in April. And my name was still really there. 🙂 Ok - who's sick of me talking about Boston already? Well …
Category: marathon pace
Quit Your Bitching, Minnesotans!
Everywhere you turn lately, Minnesotans are bitching about the heat. YES, it sucks. YES, it is insanely hot and HUMID (78 when I ran at 5:30 this morning; high later will be 97 with heat index making it feel like 115). But it is what it is. It doesn't need to prevent you from getting …
Marathon pace snuck up on me!
When I was thinking about switching to a different type of training plan for Grandma's and I saw the Advanced Training Plan that was prepared by Dick Beardsley, it struck me that something was missing. Marathon pace runs. It was higher in mileage than I had previously done, and it had more quality workouts each …
The First 20
I'm always a little nervous/anxious about the first 20 miler of any training cycle. I always hope that it will be a good strong run, so it can sort of set the tone for the rest of the long runs in the training cycle. I looked back through my previous marathon training cycles and I …
Starting out slow!
"Most mistakes in a race are made in the first two minutes, perhaps in the very first minute." - Jack Daniels Saw this quote on Twitter by @RunningQuotes yesterday and liked it. Not sure if it holds true for a marathon, or just shorter races. But it seemed fitting and served as a good reminder …
Little Rock Marathon Training Recap
The training plan: Pfitz 12 week/55 mile max, modified to add an extra easy run or two each week and to switch one of the easy runs to a hill workout of some sort. Oh - and I miscounted the weeks, so I actually did 13 weeks of training! I think I did a good …
