Your Week in Training Jan 21 - 27

Well, not anywhere near Kevin, but getting back into shape.

Mon - Easy 4 mile recovery run
Tues - 5 miles with 8 x 1 min pickups
Wed - 4.5 miles easy run; 1 hr Core/Weight Class
Thurs - 6 miles with hills on snow covered streets with Icebug shoes
Fri - 4.5 miles easy run; 1 hr Core/Weight Class
Sat - 14 miles on snow covered all purpose trail with Icebug shoes
Sun - 6 mile tempo run (actually ran an 8:20 miles) on snow covered APT 13F!

Total for the Week: 44 miles

Looking forward to my day off (from running) tomorrow.

Just starting over -- maybe for a fall marathon?

Saturday -- 2 miles.
Sunday -- 5.4 miles

My base-building phase is progressing nicely, though it'd be easy to ramp it up too fast...

Mon: 3.9 mile walk (40 degrees)
Tue: 14.3 miles long (had to switch with Monday due to weird schedule change at work) (26-35 degrees)
Wed: 3.1 miles barefoot (33 degrees - not as chilly as you might think on bare feet!)
Thu: 60 minutes low HR - 5.1 miles at low HR (36 degrees)
Fri: 90 minutes low HR - 7.7 miles (42 degrees - balmy!)
Sat: Inadequate rest day (My Friday evening shift at work extended to 3:30 a.m. thanks to a shooting)
Sun: Extra rest day (Needed it.)

Week: 34.1 miles (2 miles more than previous week)

7 weeks to LA Marathon:

Mon: Rest
Tues: 5
Wed: 8
Thurs: 4.1
Fri: Rest
Sat: 18
Sun: 7.5

Week: 42.6

Month: 150

Mon: lazy.
Tue: lazy
Wed: 7
Thu: lazy
Fri: 4
Sat: 10
Sun: 13

Weekly: 34

Not bad as Jerry still recovers,as always slow, from Houston marathon.

Mon-off
Tues-6 w/8 x 400 (3 @ 7:30 pace @ 5% incline, 5 @ 6:30 pace)
Wed-5 easy
Thur-off
Fri-4 w/ 4 x 100 strides
Sat-7 w/4 mile race in 27:15
Sun-10 @ 8:25

Week-32

back off week in BOS training:

Mon - off -- yipee, first off day in 38. never run anywhere near that many days in a row before
Tue - 6
Wed - 7
Thu - 5
Fri - 3 super ez with some strides
Sat 5k (18:56 PR) with warmup and cool down 8
Sun 8

Total for week 38 - down from 60-65 per week for the last month

220 for Jan so far

Back to the grind this week, for the final push to BOS.

Dealing with some ankle issues but I'm still able to run.

Mon: Chest and Back
Tue: Plyometrics + Ab Ripper + 45 minutes walking on TM 3.7mph
Wed: Shoulders and Arms + Ab Ripper + 30 min elliptical + 5 mile run
Thu: Yoga X + 45 min elliptical
Fri: X Stretch + Ab Ripper + 5 miles
Sat: 25
Sun: 14

WTD: 49
YTD: 177.5

mountandog wrote:back off week in BOS training:

Mon - off -- yipee, first off day in 38. never run anywhere near that many days in a row before
Tue - 6
Wed - 7
Thu - 5
Fri - 3 super ez with some strides
Sat 5k (18:56 PR) with warmup and cool down 8
Sun 8

Total for week 38 - down from 60-65 per week for the last month

220 for Jan so far

Back to the grind this week, for the final push to BOS.

Nice work, Michael. You going to the ATL for the half in March again? I'm going down as I need a hilly race since it is so dang flat around here. By the way, you are also making me feel like a slug regarding Boston training.

T Miller wrote:Dealing with some ankle issues but I'm still able to run.

Mon: Chest and Back
Tue: Plyometrics + Ab Ripper + 45 minutes walking on TM 3.7mph
Wed: Shoulders and Arms + Ab Ripper + 30 min elliptical + 5 mile run
Thu: Yoga X + 45 min elliptical
Fri: X Stretch + Ab Ripper + 5 miles
Sat: 25
Sun: 14

WTD: 49
YTD: 177.5

Be careful, Tim with the ankle. In other words, don't do what I do - run on it until it gives out (like my achilles).

M - 4hr5min hike in Auburn with Aileen, 45min running in the middle; In-n-Out after
T - weights
W - 2hr30min bike
Th - 2x 2.3mi run (in Green Silences to focus on barefoot-style running) to and from gym, weights
F - same as Th, but the first run was with Aileen
S - 1hr strolling bike ride on American River Trail with Aileen
S - Aileen left ; weights AM, 3hr10min bike up to the big hill in Auburn PM

Week - 12hr + gym

M-3 easy treadmill w/90min strength workout
Tu-4 treadmill total: 3-0.5 mi 4% grade hill@ HM pace 1- down w/ recovery
W-3 easy w/ 90 min strength
Th-off (should have been a 5mi tempo but legs needed more recovery)
Fr-off
Sa-6 @7:30 pace outside thermal gear/ 25F
Su- 10 treadmill @ 8:00 pace
26mi wk 86 YTD