Hi all, hope all went well for those racing this weekend...

My week:
M: 55 mins trails
T: 55 mins trails
W: 10 mi - 8 mi @ 6:38 + 1 mi wmup, 1 mi cldwn
T: OFF
F: 55 mins trails
S: 15 mi @ 7:05
S: OFF

Yesterday's run felt very good, albeit a bit on the chilly side...

Spkoest - It appears that  you ran from 1/2 M to mile 20 in 6:58 Pace?
1st 6.2 = 7:14 pace
next 6.9 = 7:30 pace
next 6.9 = 6:58 pace
final 6.2 = 8:11 pace

without knowing anything else a little more even pacing would seem to yield a 3:10 - 3:12 time - But 3:15 is a very solid time - Congratulations!

I can hardly wait to read all the reports from this weekend!

Taper inadvertently started this week, due to 1) a weekend workshop and 2) a lack of desire (or will, or guts, or whatever) to do my long earlier in the week, after last Sunday's 23-miler. Whaaaaa.

M: 6mi (9:47)
T: AM 11mi incl 2x[1000, 800, 400], avg 3:52, 3:05, 1:25. PM 4mi (9:28)
W: 8mi (9:13)
R: 10.15mi (8:52), the little last long run that wasn't
F: 10.5mi (8:36)
Sa: 8mi (9:39)
Su: AM 7mi (8:36), PM 3mi (8:18)

total: 67.7 miles

I think this coming week will actually be a few miles more than the past week.

Last week was 50 min elliptical on M, W, Fr, Sa and 100 min elliptical on T, Th, and Su.  Really boring.  But this morning, I ran!  A whole whopping 3 miles.  I was slow and it required entirely too much effort, but I ran!

I was totally pain free for the first 2.9 miles.  Then my heel hit the lip of a sidewalk cutout (car forced me onto the sidewalk) and I had a little pain in my shin.  Walking home I could also feel it a little.  It wasn't really in the area where I've had a problem, so I think I'm OK, but I'm being cautious.

I'm not quite sure what to do from here.  I'll probably run by feel in the morning and then elliptical every other day in the afternoon to keep the volume up.

I keep telling myself that I'm working the Pfitz 24/70 plan pointing for a great performance at Boston - but I keep having stuff get in the way!  This week it was a beautiful trail marathon in southern Indiana - Tecumseh Trail.

M: Off
Tu: 11 Miles General Aerobic
W: Off (starting mini-taper)
Th: 5 Miles Recovery
F: Off
Sa: 26.2 in 4:11:40
Su: Off

Weekly Total: 42.2

Tecumseh Trail was a beautiful course, and I highly recommend it for trail runners. While not quite mountainous, there's some serious hills with switchbacks along the course. I was running a sub-4:00 pace for the first half, but then decided I didn't want to make the "investment" in this race to hold the pace and then walk funny for a week - so I eased off and just whistled down the trail for the last half.

Did put the hammer down for the last mile and passed quite a few people back that had gone by me! !http://www.coolrunning.com/forums/smile.gif|src=http://www.coolrunning.com/forums/smile.gif|border=0!

Finished smiling in 4:11:40 and legs don't feel bad at all - the easiest marathon I've ever run!

kestrou

Hi everyone,

Tucson was tougher than I expected. The race starts at 4,500 feet, and I definitely felt it coming from sea level. There were also more rolling hills than planned, partially due to a late course change. And finally, the 3:10 pacesetter for the second half was a bit overzealous and cranked out some 6:45-7:00 minute miles right after the half. Overall, I probably went out a bit too hard and kind of crashed at mile 22. By the end, my mantra was "don't walk." Still, I got out of there with a 3:13:58 PR. Can't complain too much! Full race report to come.

Walking very funny this week - more leg soreness than I remember from my first two.