Boston Push

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Member Since:

Apr 23, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

I have run two Portland Marathons (2004, 2005) with finishing times of 4:09 and 3:27. I didn't get the chance to run in 2006, but I am shooting for a 3:10 this year to qualify for Boston. I have also done triathlons, finishing the Pacific Crest Half Iron Man in 2005.

Short-Term Running Goals:

My goal this year is to qualify and run Boston in 2008. I hope that Portland will be my qualifying marathon. I am also going to run a few smaller races for fun and training, like the Haulin' Aspen Trail Marathon this August in Bend.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Don't really know. I could see an attempt at ultras, but I don't know if I could persist for that long. We will see what my outlook is after this and next year.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00

Wed, May 16, 2007

Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
5.00	0.00	5.00	0.00	0.00	10.00

I did 10 miles today, with no GI distress. I saw the doctor yesterday concerning this problem, and she did not seem too concerned. She thought it was probably connected to sickness, stress from school, lack of sleep. I hope that I have seen the last of these problems and that I can get down to training.

The run went well. The first five miles were done at a 7:15-7:20 pace, and I did not feel like I was pushing too hard. The last five were done easier at a 7:40-8:00 pace. I let up on the second 5 miles, still scared about GI distress. I am still 2 weeks out from my 18 week plan, and I am still debating a low mileage high intensity and a high mileage plan. I seem to run better after having a day off - my running pace and intensity are at a higher level. If I do a lower mileage plan, I will be able to train with specificity, i.e., train closer to how I will be running the marathon.

Comments

From Sasha Pachev on Thu, May 17, 2007 at 13:07:48

If you can run 7:15 pace and not feel like pushing too hard, but cannot run a marathon at that pace, you need mileage. In fact, my expectation is that if you just ran 70 miles a week at 8:00 pace on 6 days a week, and nothing else for 4 months, you'd be running a sub-3:00 marathon at the end. Marathon race pace will hurt pretty much from the gun when you have the proper endurance, you will not call it easy, and you definitely will not volunteer on a whim on your regular run. It hurts from the start but it just does not get any worse.

Do not worry about not hitting your target pace in your training runs. I race a good marathon at 5:30 pace. The bulk of my mileage is done at 7:00 pace or slower. If I happen to be with a training partner that can do only 9:00, I will go that slow on my base building run rather than dropping him and running alone. Tempo runs are different, I have precise pace goals on them, but they comprise only about 20% of my weekly mileage.

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