Miami Marathon Training – Day 46 of training – 68 more to go

Tuesday:

It was another beautiful day in Miami today. I had lunch with the Metro Aquatic Club coach. It was great to be able to talk about swimming again. I miss the team environment and the dual-meets.

I ran 11km (7miles) today, and I met a friend along the way. It was good catching up with him. He was walking to go to his school where he teaches PE and coaches the soccer team.

Tonight Joey (my brother-in-law) will be joining my wife and I for the holidays.

All in all a very good day.

 

Miami Marathon Training – Day 45 of training – 69 more to go

Monday:

A good 8km (5miles) today. I can’t believe it’s almost December and still as warm here! (28C/82F)

Marathon Training Schedule Week 8 of 17

People have been asking me if I am following a running program. The answer is yes. I found Hal Higdon’s Website and I am following his Intermediate I schedule. I did however make some adjustments to fit my schedule. As you can see the the program slowly increases the Saturday distances up to 22miles (35km). I am starting today with week 8. Feel free to use this schedule for your own Marathon preparation.

Second Recovery Week comes to an End

Thursday (Day 42 / 73 to go):
Rest! No practice on Thursday’s.

Friday (Day 43 / 72 to go):
I’m still in my recovery week, the practices are pretty easy. 6.5km (4miles) in a comfortable pace today.

Saturday (Day 44 / 71 to go):
For Saturday I had 9.5km (6miles) on the program – still, very slow and easy pace.

Sunday (Day 45 / 70 to go):
No practice on Sunday.

The total distance in my second recovery week was 32km (20miles). On Monday I’m starting  with a new cycle. 67km (41miles) for the week with the peek distance on Saturday of 32km (20miles).

Miami Marathon Training – Day 41 of training – 74 more to go

Wednesday:

Easy 8km (5miles) around the block. When I was done I realized, that my mind was wandering for the whole practice. Time flew by, I can’t even remember crossing the streets. SCARY

Miami Marathon Training – Day 40 of training – 75 more to go

Tuesday:

To running today, I’m in the midst of my recovery week. Feels good!

Miami Marathon Training – Day 39 of training – 76 more to go

Monday:

No running today!

Miami Marathon Training – Day 38 of training – 77 more to go

Sunday:

29km (18miles)! HOLY COW!!! I can’t believe I ran that far. The first and last 8km (5 miles) were the worst. I was hurting pretty bad. I was holding a pretty good pace: 10.6km/h in (6.6mph).

See ya, I gotta go sleep until tomorrow.

Miami Marathon Training – Day 37 of training – 78 more to go

Saturday:

Today was another day of easy running: 9.5km (6miles). I’m getting ready for tomorrows 29km (18miles). -> SCARY

Miami Marathon Training – Day 36 of training – 79 more to go

Friday:

Today was another day of rest. I got some work done for school and I enjoyed the day with my wife. We really got into watching Heroes. It’s a really addictive show!