Of Mice and Marathons

PM: 10.5 miles easy. HR 145. Enjoyable run. 60ish, partly cloudy, and dry!

Wore my heart rate monitor for curiosity. I kept the same easy pace I have been 8:30-9:00. I would have thought it would be lower but I guess the heart rate is where is should be. I need to ask the resident expert, Bret Jardine, how I am supposed to keep it adjusted. I keep having to monkey with it.

Heart rate while I was sitting at the table was 38-40, which seemed low after being up for a bit and having a ton of coffee but I checked it against the manual test and I got about 42 when it was reading 40/41.

PM: 10.5 miles easy. HR 139. 40 resting.

Had to take advantage of the Valley Green bathroom just before mile 8. Figured I would get it over with before things got ugly.

AM: 4 miles easy. HR 144. Stretching and core.

PM: Short Track Workout with Leo and Jonathan

Jonathan was doing a couple 800s since he is doing the Pittsburg Marathon. Leo was doing 6 x 800. I was doing whatever they had planned on.

I ended up doing 4 x 800 then 4 x 200. I led the third 800 and went to fast because I am an idiot. Nothing like looking like a hot shot on your first workout with a new group. Ran another one with Leo. Jonathan stopped, but jumped back in for a bit with Leo at one point while I did 4 x 200.

4 x 800 w/ 85 second rest ~2:40 (missed the first 400), 2:40, 3:36 (nice work, Jason), 2:44

85 seconds rest, then

4 x 200 with 200 jogs 33.3, 35.2, 34.2, 33.9

HR was 172-176 for the 800s, which doesn't seem high enough, but had I continued I guess it would have skyrocketed. I think I will put my pace on next time or bring my Timex.

AM/Lunch - 8 miles slow. HR 142. Core and stretching.

PM: 4.25 mile w/ Megan. HR 137 (but I was jabbering the whole time).

Enjoyed the run. Showed Megan a few neighborhoods just across the street from Philadelphia proper. 75 and 27% humidity. Loving the dry air.

AM: 8 miles. HR 156. Core and stretching.

PM: Off. Decided it was high time to start tapering off for Broad Street.

PM: 7.25 miles. HR 150.

AM/Lunch: 5 miles. HR 152. Did some strides. Stretching.

Typical pre-race run. Legs are junk, I'm fat, nobody likes me (even the cat). Should be somewhat warm tomorrow (60 at the start) but not bad. I will have VIP bathroom and parking access, as well as my private track to warm up on (La Salle is ~1/2 mile away). Good thing too because there's no way I'm running through the neighborhood and the area around the race will be an absolute zoo.