Blog Posts From DesMoines Marathon Training Blog Tagged With saturday

October 11

guest — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:57:46 GMT

Distance: 4.1 miles

Time: 42:36

Pace: 10:23 per mile

Stretch: Yes

Weekly mileage: 20.3 miles

Cumulative mileage: 646.3 miles

Tomorrow: 8 miles pace

Comments: It was surprisingly fast for a scheduled easy run.

October 4

guest — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 12:18:11 GMT

Distance: 7.9 miles

Time: 1:19:04

Pace: 10:00 per mile

Stretch: No

Weekly mileage: 31.1 miles

Cumulative mileage: 625.9 miles

Tomorrow: ?

Comments: Don't know whether I'll run tomorrow or not.

September 27

guest — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 18:45:32 GMT

Distance: 21.7 miles

Time: 4:07:44

Pace: 11:24 per mile

Stretch: No

Weekly mileage: 41.1 miles

Cumulative mileage: 594.8 miles

Tomorrow: 10 miles easy(?)

Comments: That was my last long run before the marathon. From here on in, it's all downhill.

September 20

guest — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 16:03:53 GMT

Distance: 16.4 miles

Time: 3:01:31

Pace: 11:05 per mile

Stretch: A little

Weekly mileage: 33.6 miles

Cumulative mileage: 548.2 miles

Tomorrow: Not sure

Comments: A nice, peppy long run. Made the last mile in 10 minutes. May not run tomorrow, because I'm going to a show tonight.

September 13

guest — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 19:16:15 GMT

Off

Tomorrow: 12 miles

Comments: Ooops. I slept in instead of running. Lazy, lazy.

September 6

guest — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:50:07 GMT

Distance: 7.1 miles

Time: 1:15:57

Pace: 10:41 per mile

PLUS

Distance: 1 mile

Time: 7:48.87

Pace: 7:48.87 per mile

Stretch: Yes

Weekly mileage: 35.3 miles

Cumulative mileage: 463.0 miles

Tomorrow: 20 miles

Comments: I timed myself on a mile on the track, as part of a 1 mile virtual race. I don't think I've run a timed mile since I was in school. I did OK, especially considering I ran 4.5 miles to warm up (and then 3.6 to cool down.)

August 30

guest — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:10:34 GMT

Distance: 4.8 miles

Time: 54:31

Pace: 11:08 per mile

Stretch: Yes

Weekly mileage: 24.0 miles

Cumulative mileage: 428.7 miles

Tomorrow: Off

Comments: A good easy run. Tomorrow, I'm off, and then Monday I have a half marathon race.

August 23

guest — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 12:56:26 GMT

Distance: 10.3 miles

Time: 1:44:47

Pace: 10:10 per mile

Stretch: Yes

Weekly mileage: 30.6 miles

Cumulative mileage: 383.7 miles

Tomorrow: 20 miles

Comments: Not very even at all. Shot out in 36 minutes over the first four miled. Plodded home the last four in almost 44 minutes.

August 16

guest — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:04:27 GMT

Distance: 20.7 miles

Time: 3:52:56

Pace: 11:15 per mile

Stretch: No

Weekly mileage: 39.8 miles

Cumulative mileage: 343.9 miles

Tomorrow: 9 miles easy

Comments: Yes, 20 miles. I only had 19 scheduled, but I couldn't help myself. It was a good, tough run. I feel great right now!

August 9

guest — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 13:43:58 GMT

Distance: 9.0 miles

Time: 1:26:36

Pace: 9:37 per mile

Stretch: Yes

Weekly mileage: 27.3 miles

Cumulative mileage: 290.3 miles

Tomorrow: 12 miles

Comments: A 4.5 mile out-and-back, which turned out to be mostly uphill on the back. Good, tough workout.

August 2

guest — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 01:20:20 GMT

5 K walk

Tomorrow: 17 miles

Comments: I had originally planned to run this, but I had a friend who wanted to walk it, and I decided to walk it with her. It was good exercise, but not aerobic.

July 26

guest — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 13:08:38 GMT

Distance: 8.3 miles

Time: 1:20:43

Pace: 9:43 per mile

Stretch: Yes

Weekly mileage: 24.9 miles

Cumulative mileage: 212.2 miles

Tomorrow: 16 miles

Comments: Not an easy run at all, but I toughed it out. I'm not sure that my pace was very even, but overall I had the pace that I wanted.

July 19

guest — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:33:16 GMT

Distance: 8 Kilometers (5 miles)

Time: 43:46

Pace: 8:45 per mile

Stretch: Yes

Weekly mileage: 20.1 miles

Cumulative mileage: 176.9 miles

Tomorrow: 10 miles

Comments: My first race of the season. I wasn't sure what kind of pace to even shoot for. I ran the first 4K loop with my neighbor, then turned on the after-burners to come home in a "blazing" 43:46. Irony: It was my slowest 8K race ever, but it was also the first time I ever got an age group award: 5th place. I did not ask, and do not want to know, how many men there were in my age group.

July 12

guest — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 13:07:24 GMT

Distance: 7.6 miles

Time: 1:14:42

Pace: 9:49 per mile

Stretch: Yes

Weekly mileage: 32.6 miles

Cumulative mileage: 140.9 miles

Tomorrow: 14 miles

Comments: Wicked humidity, and some wind. Still managed just about the same pace as Wednesday.

July 5

guest — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:51:01 GMT

Distance: 6.8 miles

Time: 1:05:40

Pace: 9:39 per mile

Stretch: Yes

Weekly mileage: 21.0 miles

Cumulative mileage: 108:30 miles

Tomorrow: 13 miles

Comments: A nice run in Grandma's home town. A few hills, but I held the pace.