Meanwhile on the indoor scene, Jo's indoor plants do almost as well as her outdoor ones with new blooms on a regular basis from a bargain buy she got in January. I guess her green thumb works for all types of plants!
As I said, just 3 more weeks to go and training continues to go well. On Thursday I did my last significant marathon paced run with 9 miles at a slightly up-tempo effort. Going into this workout I didn't feel very ambitious but surprised myself once it got going. The route was exactly the same as the previous one on March 18 with an extra mile tacked on the end but the pace was much improved at basically the same effort (heartrate).
Today's last long run of 22 miles went very well, despite not quite 'feeling it' again at the start. Might have been some residual tiredness from the MP run, but the pace was still good, nearly identical to the last long run at 9:07/mile (vs 9:08 for 21 miles) and a lower average heartrate of 131 (vs 133). Mind you I was very tired at the end of the 3hr 20min and the legs had that last miles of the marathon feeling over the final 4-5 miles, but that's what I was out there trying to do. The things you do to yourself in order to be able to run a 'decent' marathon....Well, that's enough for now, time for some more beer and ice cream. Have a great week!
7 comments:
Things keep looking up for you Mike! Perhaps the iron is kicking in?
That's a great improvement, Mike, and just in time for the marathon. You may well end up surprising yourself - in a good way.
Great job on the 22 miler. 3:20 is a long time in a training run!
Your stats are certainly moving in the right direction and at the right time too. I think you have an uncanny knack of pulling things together when you need to - maybe it' subconscious.
Don't you just love that end of marathon feeling in the legs that a long run gives you. Especially when your sitting down afterwards with a beer.
Great run Mike. I hope that things come together and you get a PR. Nice consistency in your training this spring and winter.
I know what you mean Mike. Sometimes I think indecent marathons would be preferable ;) Looks like it's coming around enough to make Big Sur at least half decent. Now, not too much beer and ice cream during the taper!
Trevor, yes it seems I'm finally getting a nice kick in the pants that I was waiting for.
Thomas, anything can happen and it feels like more improvements come each day
Andrew, yes it's a long time but time on my feet was the goal since the 'thon will likely be 3:30+
Grellan, don't think its my imagination any more. Finally getting some spring back in the legs
Sonriserunning, long way from PR territory but will still plan to run strong
Ewen, never heard of an 'indecent' marathon before but it sounds like fun. Yes, watching the diet now in taper mode.
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