So it is the beginning of a new school year, and about time to start training for the Winter/Spring running season. I will be a captain/coach of the USC Marathon Team this year, which should be a great deal of fun.
My thought right now is to run the half-marathon in Pasadena in November (Nov. 16th), and then focus on training for the LA marathon in March.
I was on Runner's World yesterday and found a nice tool for helping set training goals. So here is my goal for LA:
Goal 3:20 Marathon
Pace 7:38 per Mile
Easy Run Pace - 8:37 (that seems so slow to me, but I trust the advice of the experts)
Tempo Training Pace - 7:10 (last weeks tempo run was at about 7:20, so I need to improve this)
Max. Oxygen Pace - 6:28 (for longer interval runs, don't think I am at this level yet)
Speed Form Pace - 5:59 (shorter intervals, I don't even know if I can run this fast!?!?)
Long Run Pace - 8:37 - 9:44 (similar to the easy run pace this seems very slow)
According to calculations running a 3:20 marathon is equivalent to the following shorter distance paces:
