Marathon Training

Track workout- 2.25mi warm up, 0.5mi straights and turns, 800,200easy,200hard,200easy,200hard

500 sprint w/ break at 300

2x800

3mi at 8:45/mi cool down

Ran at a pretty good tempo pace 7:53 for the first 2 miles and then I ran up some hills which slowed the pace down during the middle miles and finished around an 8min mi pace.  It was a little chilly, but felt pretty good in a running jacket and shorts.

Went to the gym and did some arm and ab workouts and then went for a jog around campus.  I forgot my watch, so I'm not sure exactly how far or fast I ran, but I think it was close to 4 mi.  I ran a couple of hills too.  Then I went back to the gym and spun around on an elliptical machine for 10 min waiting for my boyfriend to finish his workout.

Went for a run with the Florida Track Club.  Started at 6am, which was quite chilly at 32 degrees for Florida, and ran 6mi by myself (9:24,9:30, 9:28, 9:29, 9:18, 9:04).  Then I met up with the group at 7am for the remaining 12.4mi (8:42, 8:12, 8:15, 8:27, 8:36, 8:27, 8:25, 8:29, 8:24, 8:16, 8:09, 8:11, last 0.4 at 8:16/mi pace).  I normally wouldn't consider any pace over 8:15 fast, but for an 18+ mi training run I felt like I was running pretty fast.  For long training runs, if the pace is under 9min/mi, to me, its fast.   Good run though.  I really like running with a group and haven't had a chance to do a group long run in a couple of months.