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341C015 342C016 Did two miles with route being state street at 9:47 pace. Done in 19:33 and watch stopped. Did this run at 7:30. Given watch stopped, did not finish the run. Will run it later. Need to do a Long run and I want to monitor it on the watch. Went out again and did the second run. Ran 14.21 miles. The route was Hamden to Washington Avenue to Tolles Road to Hartford Turnpike and then h. One 14.21 mile Loop. Long should be done at 9-10 minute pace and at 74-84% MHR. 2 miles plus 14.21 miles = 16.21 miles done in 2:38:33 at 1403 at 9:47 pace per mile with AHR being 144 for 83% MHR. These miles done at the very high end of HR intensity range for Long Run. Reason for 9:47 pace: snow/ice, sidewalks not shoveled forcing run in streets and dodging traffic at times due streets not being properly plowed as well. Some hills also. About 480 feet elevation over three hilly points. All and all a very good run. Splits: 9:44 (134), 9:44 (142), 9:32 (143), 9:44 (144), 9:46 (146) 9:34 (146), 9:26 (146), 9:43 (144), 9:25 (145), 10:17 (147), 9:30 (142), 9:47 (146), 10:41 (148), 10:00 (146), 7:41 (144)...0.22. I only ran Saturday...not Sunday. I only ran one day this week. The weather and my cold prevented me from getting out there. I missed my 15 miler last week and ran only 16.22 miles this week. So week 3 and 4 does not see me meeting my goals. Focus on Week 5 and 6. Do the miles. You had valid reasons for not doing the runs. But if you do not put in the miles these next two weeks, then you were probably making excuses. Stay on track with your training. ULTRA in CT on 4/23/11. I am not willing to put in the necessary miles to do this ULTRA at this time. The schedule I have looked at requires back to back long runs (24 miles Saturday, 18 miles Sunday...and then the miles increase for both days over time). I am not ready to put in that kind of distance. I will do a 50 miler...that is my plan...but not in April. I think I became excited when I learned that there was an ULTRA in CT! I need to get some more Long runs under my belt before tackling an ULTRA.
For now, I am sticking with my original plan: I am going to follow my marathon 18 week training schedule, do all the required miles, ESPECIALLY the Long runs. In the past, I did not follow the schedule religiously. For example, my longest training run for Marathon preparation had been 17 or 18 miles...cut long runs short or skipped. My current training schedule has about five runs I think at 20 miles and beyond...follow this schedule and see how you do for the Marathon.
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