Today's Run - 3/12

The last long run of my spring marathon training campaign and I headed back to the UVA Park, UVA Track and the C-Ville 10Miler for this weeks long run. I can't say that I was feeling confident for this run after last weeks long run. It was a hard week at work so my mental state for this run was not in the best frame. I decided to try and sprinkle in a few miles around the park and track before heading out onto the 10Miler course. I did this so that when I finished up with the 10Miler I would be more than 50% done with my run. I found completing the 10Miler and still having 10miles to go a difficult aspect of the run last week. I found that adding these extra miles in kept me mentally engaged in the finishing miles. Overall not the fastest pace, but inline with the training plan.

I worked on the timing of my GUs and found that eating at 5.75Miles, 11.5Miles and 17Miles was very good. For race day I will plan GUs at 5.75Miles, 11.5Miles, 17Miles, 21Miles to help me get through the wall.

I am glad that this run is over so I can start to concentrate on resting and preparing mentally for the race.

Today's Run - 3/10

Today's Run - 3/9

I woke up and jumped out of bed all pumped up for the days speed workout. I started out slow with my warm up mile, then headed into the speed work with 1600 on and 800 off. I started at 8:42 and headed down from there to pace of 8:10 by dropping ~10-15 sec in pace per 1600 lap. I felt good during and after this run, it was not until after my shower that I realized I was supposed to do all 1600's at 8:10pace! It was still a good work out and exactly what I needed after the long grinding runs I have been doing lately.

Today's Run - 3/7

Today's Run - 3/5

A tough long run this morning. I headed back to the C-Ville 10Miler course and the Park on the UVA Campus. There were plenty of runners out preparing for spring races. I enjoyed seeing the different runners and groups out. The C-Ville 10Miler course is very challenging with lots of rolling hills and I did not have the mental capacity to run it twice. I was happy to finish this run, but I must admit that it did not add to my confidence as I struggled to get to the end. I think the 8Mile run that I did on Friday may have left me a bit tired as I headed into this long run. We will see how next week goes.

Today's Run - 3/4

My work and personal schedule required me to move my normal Thursday run to Friday. This was just an easy 7Mile out and back run. I tried not to push to hard because I have a 20Mile long run scheduled for tomorrow.

Today's Run - 3/2

A good tempo run this morning and I hit all my splits. The weather has been excellent with cool crisp morning with no wind and early sunrises.