Two Weeks Out

Okay so it has been awhile since you last heard from me. I am two weeks out from my goal race at the Long Island Marathon. Training has been up and down for me over the past three weeks. I am starting to taper and get a little more intensity into my running schedule before I really cut the mileage next week for the big race.

Here is how it has been going ...

Race Simulation Week

March 29th - AM Easy 4 PM Cruisey 8 mile run
March 30th - 10 miles averaging 6:40's @SRC group run.
March 31st - Fartlek WO 25 min WU and 20 min CD, 6x 2:15 w/ 2 min rest and 5x45sec w/ 60 rest. Averaged 6:30 for the whole fartlek, went well in my opinion got stronger and faster with each rep.
April 1st - 10 mile plod.
April 2nd - 6 miles with 6 strides.
April 3rd - Race Simulation Run - 7 miles at 5:23 pace, 5:17 last mile...went well but not great. Got a few more weeks to sort my shit out.
April 4th - Easter Sunday - Run from Bayport to West Babylon - 20 miles at 6:35 pace.

81 miles for the week and YTD 1129 miles.

Regrouping the Troops

April 5th - 10 miles with Soltan, B and Leo.
April 6th - AM Easy 4 PM WO 3wu/cd 10x65 seconds, felt good , smooth and strong.
April 7th - AM 4 PM 8 after being at a track meet with the kids, legs are a little heavy.
April 8th - 13 miles, started out shitty and finished well.
April 9th - WU 3 CD 2, 1 mile 514, 2 mile 10:23, 2 mile 1030, 1 mile 4:58 with 3 minutes rest. Felt good and got stronger as the WO went on.
April 10th - 9 w/ soltan and b after work.
April 11th - 14 miles at 7AM at a 715 overall pace, got faster as we moved along.

83 miles for the week and YTD 1211 miles.

Princeton Week

April 12th - 10 miles at a decent clip.
April 13th - 20 min WU 30 min CD - WO 800 1k 1200 1k 800 w/ 2 min rest - 224 300 335 259 221, felt good, got the pace in my legs for the race Friday night. 72's...
April 14th - AM 4 PM 8 done as recovery runs, legs were heavy.
April 15th - 40 min running with strides.
April 16th - Race at Princeton 15:20-15:25, do not have an official time was not in the results for some reason.
April 17th - easy 6 miles recovery.
April 18th - 16 miles with 30 second surges every 3 miles, 6:45 pace for the run.

72 miles for the week and YTD 1283 miles.

Had good workouts during the last span of training, just the race didn't go as planned. I have a few more days to get the rust out of my system and get ready to rock n roll at the LI Half Marathon.

I will see you in a week with an update before the LI Half.