Dropped my kids off at my good friend, Erin's house and drove to Denver to run and chat with Maureen Roben, Park to Park 10 miler race director, former elite marathoner, and running coach. I wanted to bounce some ideas off her and get a little input on my training since she has "been there" and run in the Olympic Trials in the Marathon 4 times. I REALLY enjoyed chatting with her and getting some good suggestions and recommendations. She is very easy to get along with and SO encouraging and friendly. She has a very similar running philosophy as me; family comes first, then running, Sunday is a great recovery day, its important to recover well and not overdo it on the weekly mileage; just because Deena Kastor is doing 140 miles a week doesn't mean I should. She also thought that running the St. Jude Marathon on December 5 is not the best idea for me as it is not enough time to recover and then train hard again and try to match or exceed the all out effort I gave at TOU. So I'm considering doing the half there instead. After all, I would REALLY like to run some FAST half-marathons and bring my PR down at that distance, which I think will bring my marathon PR down too. So I'm going to re-evaluate my 3 month plan and maybe just run some fast half-marathons and shorter races between now and Grandma's marathon in June, 2010. I also want to get my weekly mileage up to 70-80 by adding a few PM runs per week and/or cross-training and see how my body responds to that. So while I was there, I did a little workout to see how resilient my legs are after the marathon. 2 mile warm up 1 mile at goal 10K race pace - 5:37 1 lap jog 400M fast - 76 200 M. jog 400 M. fast - 79 My legs are really starting to feel a lot better. Yesterday after Abe got home from school I went to the gym and lifted weights for a bit and spent a lot of time stretching and on the foam roller and exercise ball stretching some more. I think that really loosened up a lot of the fatigue in my legs and gave me back a little spring in my step. Thank goodness!
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