Last Year
I celebrated being done with the training cycle by resting and racing the Get in Gear 10k – almost setting a PR (posted my race number). To go along with this phase I talked about detraining. A local marathoner used his mad skills to chase down a thief (Team Cross doesn’t recommend doing this). My mom sent me a story from the hometown paper about a co-worker/teacher who ran at Boston. This week’s Foto Friday was a picture of “Get in Gear” written in the snow before the race start.
Mileage
Running – 9.2 miles
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3 m run + strength
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6 x 400
5-K pace |
2 m run + strength
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30 min tempo
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Rest
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Rest
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Half Marathon
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Monday was an easy 3.25 on my Metrodome Loop. Nothing too exciting. About 42 and overcast with a wind chill of 35. It didn’t really seem that windy and overall the run felt nice and relaxed. I finished in 24:30.
Tuesday I ran my 6×400 workout on the Greenway on a nice morning. 44 and sunny with a decent amount of headwind. My goal was 1:26 which is 5k pace but I didn’t want to push too hard. I won’t see any benefit from this workout on race day – it was just an opportunity to open up the legs and sharpen up a bit. My splits were 1:33, 1:30,1:30,1:27,1:29,1:28 and only on the second half did it really feel like I was having to push. The rest felt very smooth. It was a total 5 mile workout in 39:44.
Wednesday – a 2 mile run felt like such a waste of time. It would take almost as much time to get ready as it would to run it. So I decided to take the day off, rest my foot and enjoy tapering.
Thursday was a pretty overcast morning but warm. 55 and humid for my 4 mile run. I didn’t really try to make it a tempo at all. I figured an easy run was more appropriate and it felt good. I did it in 30 minutes heading East along the Greenway. Nothing special. My heel felt pretty good all day.
Friday felt a little lazy but rested. Foot pain is almost gone!
Saturday another rest day.
Sunday Race Day! I was initially very disappointed but after processing it and writing my review it wasn’t quite as bad as previously thought. But still a 1:36:26 is not what I had planned on.
Mileage:
Running – 25.5 miles
Biking – 8 miles