2018 Boston Marathon – Week 7
I made it through the peak mileage week for this training cycle – over 85 miles total! It kicked off with the 2018 Reston 10 Miler where I ran 1:19:19 (7:56 pace) and finished with a 22 miler in 3:17:58
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2018 Boston Marathon – Week 6
I ran four workouts this week and they were all packed together. I did general aerobic runs on Monday and Thursday, a medium run on Wednesday, and an interval workout on Tuesday. I took Friday and Saturday easy in preparation
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2018 Boston Marathon – Week 5
I only ran three workouts this week – an 8 mile general aerobic run on Monday, a 15 miler on Tuesday, and a 20 miler on Saturday. I missed my lactate threshold run on Thursday because I overslept. Not great
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I moved out of my hotel room and back home on Monday after completing a lactate threshold run. With the exception of the medium run I did the next day, I ran each workout a little faster than I expected.
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2018 Boston Marathon – Week 3
The only bathroom in my townhouse was being remodeled, so I stayed at a hotel this week. I took Sunday off because I was very tired after my long run last week and I didn’t pack the right clothes for
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2018 Boston Marathon – Week 2
I completed all of my workouts despite going through the first week of a stressful bathroom remodeling project. I ran well but struggled towards the end of my long run on Saturday. I also had some worrisome pain in my
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2018 Boston Marathon – Week 1
I took a week off after the San Diego 50 Miler and am now training for the 2018 Boston Marathon! After weeks of mostly slow running with frequent breaks, picking up the pace and going non-stop was exhausting! Training Schedule
Continue readingMy 2018 Boston Marathon Training Plan
Prologue I finished the San Diego 50 Miler two weeks ago and I’m already training for the Boston Marathon! If everything goes as planned, the 2018 race on Monday, April 16th will be my sixth running of the event. My
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2018 San Diego 50 Miler
Scroll all the way down to the end of the post for the tl;dr version. Prologue Inspired by the Barkley Marathons documentary and a Marathon Talk episode with Elisabet Barnes describing the Marathon de Sables, I thought I might try
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2018 San Diego 50 Miler – Week 8
It was the second week of my taper for the San Diego 50 Miler. I felt a bit under-trained from so many easy and rest days, but told myself it was a sign that my body was recovering. Training Schedule
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