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Turtle Training

February 2009

6 Days to B&A

Posted by Steve Carton Feb 23, 2009

 

Six days to go. Ran 27 miles last week. Somewhat easier paces that I've been running. Did some lightweight intervals yesterday.

 

 

Plan for this week: today: 6-8 easy. Wednesday: 6-8 easy, Saturday: 2 at tempo pace. Marathon Sunday.

 

 

Ready or not...

 

 

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I'm in the final 10 days before the B&A Marathon, 3/1/09. Feeling very ready, psyched.

 

 

Been thinking about what runs to do for this last stretch. I'll try and get an LSD in Saturday morning - maybe 11-12 miles, but at a slow. easy pace. Then maybe some track work on Sunday, but easing up on the intensity a bit.  That will put me at about 28 miles for this week, which is probably a good taper number.

 

 

Next week, I'll run an easy 8 miles or so on Monday and maybe 6 easy on Wednesday. I might go for a "wake-up" 2-3 mile easy run on Saturday. Or not!

 

 

This will be the 3rd time running the B&A, so I have a very good mental picture of the route. My RB is  planning to run the half, so we'll stay together that far. I've worked a lot on pacing over the past few weeks, so am hopeful I won't make the same mistake this year as last - going out way too fast and then dying at the end.

 

 

Optimistically...

 

 

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Well, as I've pontificated before (does that make me a pontif?), I'm a big believer in a 3-week taper before a marathon. But I really didn't feel I got enough LSD work in before the next marathon, which is 2-weeks from tomorrow. I had a couple of 18 milers, but nothing over 20 since the Rehoboth marathon back at the end of November.

 

 

Now, this will be my seventh marathon in two years, so I have a big mileage base. But I was still concerned. But, I'm now into the 3-week taper period. So I talked this over with my coach and he told me that, essentially, I probably didn't need a 20+ mile run in. He went on to say however, that if I thought I could use the confidence that having at least one 20+, and as long as I wasn't trying to recover from any injuries, it was probably fine to have a 2-week taper.

 

 

I'm not nursing any injuries (except the obvious mental ones).So I went out this morning and did a 21 miler. Kept up a good pace throughout and finished strong. So I'm trying something new (to me) - a 2-week taper. I have a reduce-mileage plan for the next week and then just easy maintenance the next week. And then, Sunday, March 1, the B&A Trail Marathon.

 

 

I'll report back on how this works out. 

 

 

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Well, last Sunday was three weeks to the B&A marathon (which is on 3/1/09). I should be starting to taper - let the wounds heal and all that. But I'm not happy with my training. I never got in a really long LSD. Longest was 19 miles. I really feel the need for a 22 miler. So I'm going to push my luck this weekend and shorten the taper to 2 weeks and do a 22 this weekend. Should be okay, It's sort of like I've been tapering already!

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Next Marathon Decided

Posted by Steve Carton Feb 2, 2009

 

Well, I had some thoughts about heading to FL to run the Sarasota marathon, but, silly me, there are a couple of deal breakers in that weekend - Saturday is Valentines Day, and Monday is Presidents Day. So there is no good way I can go there without sacrificing my marriage -- Maybe another one someday

 

 

 

 

 

So I'm targeting the B&A trail marathon on March 1. Signed up and ready (pretty much). Didn't get as much speed work in as I would like, but I've done several LSDs since the Rehoboth Marathon just before thanksgiving, including a solid 18-miler this past Saturday that had tons of big hill work. So I feel good. Maybe even good enough for a PR. If the gods smile down on me

 

 

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The slow shift from overweight and slow to overweight, slow marathoner.

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