Since we got back in town, I have been going to bed between 9 and 10pm, and waking up around 5. I am loving this schedule. This morning I managed to do my 13 miles before most people got up. And without all the biking and swimming, running 65miles/week leaves me with lots of free time and lots of energy. (Then why oh why do I miss tri training so much?)
Speaking of my run. It was a good one. I managed to get my mind into the right place, and managed 10 miles @ MP-10, with last mile @ 10Kpace. And no, I am not telling you my MP pace because this time around I am going to have a marathon pace range, and will most likely decide on the actual pace after the first few miles of the marathon. I learned that I can tell by mile 5 of a big race if it is going to be good or not. For now, my main work is going to be to get myself to care a little more about this marathon. I don't want to be attached to a goal, and upset if I don't reach it. Rather, I want to care enough so that when the going will get tough, it will be worth it for me to push through. I am also going to make sure I am going to suffer a lot during my key runs during the next couple of weeks. This will likely be easy because I tweaked my plan a bit - made my pace runs progressions from MP to HMP to 10K; switched the last sets of intervals in fartlek runs from 10k to 5k pace, and piled a lot of MP miles onto my long runs. What has always worked for me in marathon training is lots and lots of hard miles and MP miles. If I pull off a 20 miler at MP (like I plan to), I know chances are high that on a good day I can run a marathon at that pace. I know this approach is controversial and is not for everyone, but it has worked well for me in the past. And it appears that others are using it too, in tri training.
Rest day tomorrow - meaning swim drills - before my 20 miler with 15 @ MP on Saturday. Wish me luck:)
Please don't forget about my questions here. Thank you!
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That's a great sleeping schedule - nice to have the mornings to get the workout in. You'll get back on the tri schedule again soon, right after you go and ROCK that marathon!!! :)
i always admire your ability and WANT to push so hard :) love it! ugg i need my sleeping schedule to be back in order! you will get excited very soon once you get the hard running back in like you love.
Can you share the MP range? Just kidding....
I did all my runs (except occasional intervals) at MP when I trained for my first one (I am saying this as if I did dozen of them:)) (Ok, I did only 1 marathon, but trained for 2). But it was not really my MP pace, it was more like the other way around, meaning that I have chosen to run the marathon at my easy pace to be sure that I finish it and because I had no idea how to train for that and was too lazy to do deep research. So I basically run the whole marathon at my easy pace and it felt just like another easy long run. (In retrospective I am really mad at myself that I did not even try to push it but was way to frightened that I will hit THE wall. That way I could have run much faster than my lousy time. But I suppose that everyone learns with experience. Next time I will know better).
I think it is a good idea to push pace a bit more than what one plans to run because it not only make you stronger physically but also psychically and then the race feel "easy".
way to go! that's an awesome schedule!! i love am runs.
You miss it because you are so good at it! :) Always good to figure out what works/doesn't work, and at least you aren't learning anything the hard way.
I don't have any helpful answers for your questions, sorry.
Wow--15 at MP and working up to 20 at MP? You are one bad-ass athlete! I like the idea of a marathon range..I always do an A, B, and C goal before my races. It does help, I think.
early morning runs just kick ass. great schedule
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