I haven't posted in a while so I thought I'd make a few notes on how my running is going. I ran 13 today and had to post a picture of what I wore. Shorts! YAY! It's been so cold here that I've been stuck wearing long pants {not to mention the hat & glove} but it finally warmed up enough to pull out the shorts. These are the Nike shorts that Lindy gave me for my birthday. I love them so much! Aren't we all lucky to have a friend like Lindy?
I registered for the Utah Grand Slam this year, which is a total of four marathons: Utah Valley, Park City, Top of Utah and St. George. It's a competition between 175 runners for overall and age-group awards based on total time of all four marathons. How fun does that sound?!? Anyway, I'm in training for the Utah Valley Marathon in June and I've got Boston on my mind. A training run doesn't happen without me thinking of BQing. I'm hoping the training program I'm following will help me get there. I'm now on week seven of the training schedule. Here's a look at how my week's four through six training went:
Week Four:
Monday: 5 miles at 7:53 pace (39:34)
Tuesday: 8 miles at 8:10 pace (1:05:22)
Wednesday: Rest
Thursday: 5 miles at 8:13 pace (41:05)
Thursday: 5 miles at 8:13 pace (41:05)
Friday: 4 miles at 8:46 pace (35:05)
Saturday 12 miles at 8:25 pace (1:41:10)
Week Five:
Monday: 5 miles at 7:53 pace (39:25)
Tuesday: 8 miles at 8:53 pace (1:11:03)
Wednesday: 6 miles at 7:56 pace (47:37)
Thursday: Rest
Friday: 4 miles at 8:50 pace (35:21)
Saturday: 15 miles at 8:24 pace (2:06)
Week Six:
Monday: 5 miles at 8:12 pace (41:02)
Tuesday: 9 miles at 8:50 pace (1:19:36)
Wednesday: Rest
Thursday: 5 miles at 7:48 pace (39:04)
Friday: 4 miles at 8:52 pace (35:30)
Saturday: 13 miles at 8:15 pace (1:47:20)
Week Six:
Monday: 5 miles at 8:12 pace (41:02)
Tuesday: 9 miles at 8:50 pace (1:19:36)
Wednesday: Rest
Thursday: 5 miles at 7:48 pace (39:04)
Friday: 4 miles at 8:52 pace (35:30)
Saturday: 13 miles at 8:15 pace (1:47:20)
Way to go Marcie! That's an intense training schedule, especially those paces. Seems like a BQ should be in your future. And, I LOVE the shorts, unfortunately we are already to shorts and tank top weather! Good luck in your upcoming races, that's a busy race season. Four marathons, you are amazing!
ReplyDeleteYikes! Im so proud of you being SOOO fast these days! I am however scared to run with you this saturday! Im anticipating it with a little anxiety like I do for a race! Those saturday paces youve been hitting........I think we'll have to do a trail run so you wont be able to tell how much Im slowing you down;)
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing details- I LOVE to hear details of training. So interesting to me to see what everyone is doing!
During Spin today they played the old song "Run like the Wind", and I thought of YOU!!!
Keep on running like the Wind Marcie, I know youre gonna make Boston! Youll probly even get to be one of the priveledged early resiterers!
You are amazing that is so fast, you are going to do great, good luck on all the marathons you are going to do great.
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