M - ;45 ~6
T - 2 lap wu 9x300m w/ one of the girls on my team ~ 2miles
W - 1:00 ~8
R - 1:15 ~10
F - :52 ~7
St - :37 ~5
Sn - :32 ~4 - planned on 90 minutes, but my stomach was not cooperating

42 miles total. Not an impresive total at all, I was shooting for 50, but I did some running everyday, which is an improvement over the last few weeks.

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TSG, sorry you didn't meet your expectations, but it sounds like a great time given the conditions. I know I would be dying. Hard to draw anything definite from that. But you will probably have at least one more tune-up race, right?

Penikese, first half in 1:30:40 - pretty impressive! But yeah, not consistent with your LT pace. But again, hot, humid, and hilly? As long as your marathon isn't, I would think 3:10 would be conservative. Is this also your first marathon?

Sounds like I was the lucky one with weather for my half last week.


I feel like the laggard in this group again: 47 miles. I keep telling myself, I decided that 6 days/week just would not work with my schedule this time around, and Pfitz 55 + weight loss would be good enough... half time says yes... we shall see!

M: off
Tu: 8 w/ 5x600 @ 6:12 pace. Felt good. 600s are such a relief. (4x1200 next week, ugh.)
W: not enough sleep, put off today's 11
Th: 11 (scheduled off day)
F: scheduled recovery, ran out of time
Sa: 6 recovery. Wiped me out, for some reason. Extremely humid.
Su: 22 @ 8:15. Last long run before Portland (10/7)!

Total: 47 miles

I was trepidatious about the 22. It was pouring rain all day, then mid-afternoon the forecast changed to evening thunderstorms. Great. But when I stepped out the door the rain tapered to a light mist, and stayed that way most of the run. Perfect conditions, really! I felt great the whole way. Good for my confidence.

68.7 miles
--Good 14 mile run with 10 at MP
--Tempo run horrible (hot), had to break 45 min. planned total LT time into 22, 12, 12
Slog it out slooow! run up and over the mtns. and back for long run leg hamburger by end. Felt like a 3 hour session doing leg lifts. Hope it built some strength.

Last week was mid 40's bad week as work keeps getting in the way of my 'second job' of running.

I'm not on track but am healthy so will go ahead and run in a month. Long runs are lacking. LT work has been okay, VO2 nearly non-existent. Yee haw! Looking forward to some pain...

Way to go, loopy!

quote:<HR>Originally posted by loopy:
Hi all!

Well, no sub-3, but still pretty close: 3:02:50. Read the Report[/URL" target="_blank"> for details.

Thank you runninlaw for keeping me sane! I ended up running my own race and it payed off big time (though it was tough at times running alone).

I was in 8th place through mile 16 -- but ended up 2nd overall only about a minute behind the leader. Who indeed ended up being the guy I had marked as my competition and had thought about trying to stick with. Thanks again runninlaw for keeping me from that folly!

Anyway, thanks all for the support during training and best of luck to you all! Up next, I have a 50K trail run in a month - so just going to try to recover/taper for that...<HR>

Great race Loopy....Sounds like you had plenty of opportunity to get wrapped up in the moment and make some choice you might have regretted at the end but you continued to run the smart race.

Made it through my peak training week (weekly and single run PRs) mostly in tact (left achilles is feeling funny but should be fine).

M - Rest
T - 6.04 miles EZ
W - 12 miles @ 7:58 pace including 2 miles (8 and 9) @ 7:04
Th - Rest
F - 12 miles @ 8:27
Sa - 5.06 miles EZ
Su - 20 miles @ 8:55

Total - 55.1

Wednesday was supposed to include 7 miles at tempo but after running the 15 with 12 @ MP on the previous Sunday I wasn't about to push my luck. Felt strong the whole run and dropped down for 2 miles at tempo then shut it down to save some for the rest of the week.

I had hoped to be closer to 8:30 on my 20 miler but the route was very hilly, the humidity was 99%, and I ran out of water (planned to stop for a bottle of water at what I thought was a 24 hour CVS but it was closed at 6 a.m.). Also, I felt like I was being pretty conservative because I was worried about being able to finish. I feel like I will be able to run a little faster a little earlier in my next 20 miler because now I know I can make the distance.

Only 5 weeks to go!!!

Runninlaw, can you change my goal time to 3:15:59 which is the BQ for my age. Thx!

Very good race Loopy. I have not read your report yet, but will do so after I get some coffee in me. OK week for me. With all of the nagging issues I have been dealing with I kind of wish I could just run the marathon next weekend and get it over with...I am still not 100% sure I am going to make it to the starting line unscathed. Question for runninginlaw? What was the extent of your hip problem? I just came down with some nagging pain in my left hip where my upper quad meet the groin area, at the bend in the leg. It hurts when I start out but seems to get better once it has loosened up. I am trying to ice it and have been pumping the Vitamin I, but it has stayed about the same. No improvement yet. I think my hard / easy approach to training is keeping me above water, but I don't know for how much longer. As a result, I may end up doing a much more "aggressive" taper in the next 4 weeks.

Week 10 of 15 Benji Durden Plan

Mon - 0:40 min
Tue - AM 6 x 1/2M @ 10K pace (6:07) + 2 x 1/4M @ 5K pace (5:52) PM 55 min
Wed - 0:35 min
Thr - AM Tempo 3(5t/1e) PM 57 min
Fri - REST
Sat - Long Run 3:10 (24 miles +). One of my best long runs ever. Heart rate stayed low 125. One of those runs where I felt I could have gone on forever. Hip pain a little bothersome at first, but was OK after about 4 miles. I was supposed to do this run 3 weeks out, but since I will be out of town next weekend, I pushed it up.
Sun - 0:38 min

Tot ~ 68 miles. My highest week in this cycle. Hopefully I can get in another 65 + miles this week and start to cut back.

Thanks for the response. I have been doing yoga once a week which seems to help a bit. Also using the foam roller. If things start to get worse, I may take more rest days between workouts and make my hard days longer to make up for the down time...We'll see. This has been my most challenging marathon prep to date.