Looking ahead

Bit of a weird upside down shot of 'the cat' but it seemed appropriate as I'm going over my plan for the next few weeks.

I've just completed the 1st 6 weeks of Pfitzinger's 18 week (up to 70 miles/week) plan. The 1st phase was labeled 'Endurance' while the next 5 weeks are called 'Lactate Threshold and Endurance' which has got me worried. The 2 key workouts this week are a 21 mile long run and an LT run of 10 miles with 5 miles at 1/2 marathon pace (oh goodie!). Now what the heck is my 1/2 marathon pace, assuming the road conditions are suitable for trying to run faster? A quick lookup using an online predictor tells me I need to be doing about 7:00 pace if I'm gunning for a 3:15 at Boston. That seems a little fast based on what I've been doing lately with lots of slow running. Stay tuned...

The past few days have been fairly easy with a short long run of 15 miles on Sunday after a 4.5 hr drive back from PEI. The schedule called for 14 and I know Andrew would have pushed for 20 if he wasn't laid up and so I just went for 2 hours which was plenty after the travel. Conditions were good with milder temperatures of around -5C which seems balmy after the -ve double digits we've had lately. The run went well and my legs and hammies felt OK for most of the run only getting a little tight near the end.

Monday - rest day for the big week ahead

Tues - work interfered with my run today and was only able to fit in 7 miles during the lunch hour. It was a perfect calm day with 0C (32F) and almost dry roads with only bits of slush and snow. Cruised along a bit faster than I should have near 8:00 pace as I should be saving it for later on this week.

That's it for now. All up to date and almost raring to go! Have fun out there!