training for the shamrock marathon

I ran 3 miles in 25:30, with some rest in between because the temperature was 94 degrees under the sun. I plan to run another 3 miles on the treadmill, and then another 3 outside if time permits. I hope I can keep running miles under 9 minutes on the average.

I didn't run enough in terms of distance tonight, but I was able to accomplish one of my most recent goals, a mile under 7:21, the qualifying time for the Boston Marathon for my age group. My last mile was completed in 7:16, which is an achievement for me because I intend to qualify for the Boston Marathon this November. Tomorrow night, I will try to run at least 5 miles, with at least one of the miles under 7:21.

I ran a 5K in 25:13, with a sub-8 minute mile during the last lap. I've been really busy lately, so I missed running yesterday. I am concentrating on speed training because I didn't concentrate on getting a better mile pace when I trained for my first two marathons. I am planning on running two 5ks a day, one in the morning and one in the evening, in order to prepare for the marathon. I could do one long run per week (a half-marathon distance). That would give me above 40 miles a week if I keep disciplined. I have improved my average 5k time by about 5 minutes (before, I was averaging around 30 minutes).

Concentrating on improving my mile time has helped enormously.