Only did one post in February, just lazy I guess. It was a rough month. All this cold weather has really got to me metally. Missed some runs because of it, actually skipped 6 days running in a row, IN A ROW. Not really good training for a marathon. Wasn't that I was sitting around on my butt, still did my swimming (mainly because I am the one with the key to the door) & still was doing basketball. Just lost a little motivation to run. I never got cold while running, just using it as an excuse. I'm afraid it will show come race day.
Now on to race day. Been doing a lot of thinking (probably too much) about pacing & nutrition. When I signed up for this race, I was thinking about running a 3:45 (8:35 pace). As my training ramped up, I felt like I could up that pace to 8:00 which would be a 3:30. So I changed my runs to meet that new pace. But the last 6 weeks, that pace seems like it might be too much to ask. Now I'm thinking that I'm going to base the first 1/2 of the race off of heart rate, then the next 10 miles I will push that heart rate up a little more. Then the last 3.2 miles will be all out. All that being said, its back to 3:45 goal. Which still would be a big PR.
Nutrition is next. In training during my long runs, I drink every mile. But at the race, aid stations are about every 2 miles....what to do. I can't carry all that extra water. My Fuel Belt could carry enough water for about 6 of those miles. Can I just refill those bottles without losing much time?? Guess I'll find out.
Oh, almost forgot, first race of the season was on 2-16, ValenTimes 10K. I got a PR by more than 7 minutes. 44:19, 7:07 pace, 10th overall, 3rd age group.
Now for the totals
2-4/2-10 - Weekly total - 13.75 miles, 2:05:34, 9:07 pace
2-11/2-17 - Weekly total - 41.43 miles, 5:51:52, 8:29 pace
2-18/2-25 - Weekly total - 48;36 miles, 7:09:03, 8:52 pace
2-26/3-3 - Weekly total - 28.81 miles, 4:28:47, 9:19 pace
Marathon training total - 413.41 miles, 61:51:57, 8:58 pace
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