Winning Back What I Lost

9PM: Transitioning to 7 days of running to build a larger base.. Easy short run to return a couple of Redbox movies and back home. A little bummed that another year has passed and I won't be running Boston. Heat warnings or not, I'd love to be there. Hope everybody on the blog runs strong and stays safe.

615AM: 6+ miles easy. 3 x single leg extension + single leg presses. Watching live streaming of Boston has got me pumped for running. Hope to be there next year but with all of the deferments due to heat it will be that much tougher to get in even if you qualify. I'm thinking it will take at least -5 mins under BQ time to assure a bib. 

NOON: 2.8M w/o a watch/iphone progressing from easy to moderate to marathon pace effort. Light rain and temps in the 50's. 

520AM: Easy Medium Long Run. No food or drink. Felt very weak by the end of this run. The obvious options would be to get up earlier to eat something beforehand or take something with me. I have a hard enough time getting up at 5AM and I generally don't want to upset my already sensitive stomach. So I guess I'm screwed. Also, nice to see that the morning sprinkler minefield is in full effect- watering everything but the grass!

620AM: Easy recovery run. Nice to see that its getting light out earlier in my runs.  Some warm weather coming for this weekend with temps in the 80's. Can't wait to be able to run in short sleeves in the daylight. 

530AM: Hard LT workout. Stepped outside and discovered it was raining. Since I'm a wuss when it comes to running in the rain, I head over to the club for some hard tempo work.  20 min warm; 35+ min @ 7:03/7:03/7:03/7:03/7:08 mi; 5 min recover; 10 min @ 7:03 mi; 15 cool.  I was supposed to go 7 mi @ threshold but I just couldn't hang. I believe I went out to fast as my HR was closer to 5k pace or VO2 max.  I should have run it closer to 7:11-7:16/mi until my fitness improves. Still a very good workout.

Weight is down to where it was when I ran 3:20 at UVM last year. Another month of 60-70 mpw + sensible diet should bring it down further.  Only need to lose 5 min to BQ, but each min under 3:15 improves my odds. Focus and discipline are the buzzwords the next 8 wks.  

630AM: Easy Recovery Run. Temp around 50 w/ only a slight breeze. Perfect weather for running and I even got to run in the sunlight for 2/3 of the run. Spring has arrived!

1030AM: Easy Long Run. Warmest day of the year so far. Temp not bad when I set out but it warmed up to mid 70s, with bright sunshine. Really concentrating on making my easy runs easy and saving the legs for tempo, speed work and marathon pace runs. Running these weekend long runs at about MP + 60-70 secs/mile. Faded a bit in the middle miles but recovered at the end, with my last mile+ being my quickest. Sorry that I had to break my 3 yr Robie streak but this long training run will end up helping me more with my goal marathon in June.