Week nine is in the books.....I have a slight ankle/shin problem coming out of week nine. Recovery week is next - so I may take an extra rest day to try and recover from this. Hopefully things will feel better before Niantic Half Marathon on the 26th. Here are the totals for week 9 - half way to Philly!
Total runs: 6
Total distance: 51.25 mi
Total time: 7:18:55
Average pace: 8:33
Highlights
-18 miler w/12 at marathon pace with Alecia
Lowlights
-stupid ankle/shin issue
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Week 8 Recap
Well week 8 is over, 1/2 way to Philly....(I may go out tonight for a few miles) ......here is how it went.
Total runs: 4
Total weekly distance: 48 miles
Total weekly time: 6:51:47
Average weekly pace: 8:34
Highlights:
- New Haven 20k Race on Labor Day
- 20 miler on Saturday
Lowlights:
- Wednesdays 9.5 miler - blech
- Allergies still lingering around
- Coming up short on my weekly planned mileage (even if I go out tonight for a few)
Total runs: 4
Total weekly distance: 48 miles
Total weekly time: 6:51:47
Average weekly pace: 8:34
Highlights:
- New Haven 20k Race on Labor Day
- 20 miler on Saturday
Lowlights:
- Wednesdays 9.5 miler - blech
- Allergies still lingering around
- Coming up short on my weekly planned mileage (even if I go out tonight for a few)
Saturday, September 11, 2010
20 miler #1 of 3
Ran again with Chuck (who I ran with Monday at the New Haven 20k)....and as usual it was a fun run. Even around mile 18 when things started to get sore and a bit painful I was glad to have Chuck around.....it would have been so easy just to either stop or mail it in and slow down to a crawl. He was running his last 20 miler before Portland (ME) Marathon - and wanted to go 22 but it wasnt in the cards for him today. Im glad to have this first 20 under my belt and kind of look forward to the next one. Today was the furthest I have run in almost a year....since the Cape Cod debacle......but we wont talk about that. Off to the Norwalk Oyster Festival....
Total Distance: 20 miles
Total time: 2:55:23
Avg Pace: 8:46
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/48505234
Total Distance: 20 miles
Total time: 2:55:23
Avg Pace: 8:46
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/48505234
Friday, September 10, 2010
5 miler - with 1 mile on and 1 off
After a rest day yesterday, I decided to head out this morning for a whatever 5 miler. (I thought about going out after dinner - but my wife who is much wiser than me, told me I should just rest, get healthy, get some sleep and go in the morning. I knew her PhD would come in handy with my running some day).
The whatever run is what I call the - I'll make up what I do once I get out there. As soon as I stepped outside and felt the lovely cool air I felt rejuvenated and ready to run...hard. But with the first 20 miler of this marathon training tomorrow I knew I shouldnt go all out hard for too long. So I decided on one mile on and one mile offs. The first mile I held back a little just in case the On/Off idea wasnt right. From there I slowly pushed the pace on each on segment.
Overall I felt good - most of my allergy issues seem to disappear while I'm running (except for the super dry throat). I'm probably going to come up short this week on mileage - but I'm hoping the quality of my runs makes of for the missing quantity. Happy Friday everyone!
Total distance: 5 miles
Total time: 41:35
Average pace: 8:19
Avg Hr: 158
Max Hr: 179
Splits
8:03 / 147
9:03 / 149
7:39 / 165
9:48 / 155
7:00 / 176
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/48356043
The whatever run is what I call the - I'll make up what I do once I get out there. As soon as I stepped outside and felt the lovely cool air I felt rejuvenated and ready to run...hard. But with the first 20 miler of this marathon training tomorrow I knew I shouldnt go all out hard for too long. So I decided on one mile on and one mile offs. The first mile I held back a little just in case the On/Off idea wasnt right. From there I slowly pushed the pace on each on segment.
Overall I felt good - most of my allergy issues seem to disappear while I'm running (except for the super dry throat). I'm probably going to come up short this week on mileage - but I'm hoping the quality of my runs makes of for the missing quantity. Happy Friday everyone!
Total distance: 5 miles
Total time: 41:35
Average pace: 8:19
Avg Hr: 158
Max Hr: 179
Splits
8:03 / 147
9:03 / 149
7:39 / 165
9:48 / 155
7:00 / 176
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/48356043
Monday, September 6, 2010
New Haven Road Race 20k - Official Race Results
Official Results
Place: 667
Div: 137
Bib: 380
Age: 34
Gun time: 1:37:54
Chip time: 1:37:14
10k Split: 49:25
Gun Avg: 7:53
Chip Avg: 7:49
http://www.jbsports.com/Newhaven20k2010.htm
Place: 667
Div: 137
Bib: 380
Age: 34
Gun time: 1:37:54
Chip time: 1:37:14
10k Split: 49:25
Gun Avg: 7:53
Chip Avg: 7:49
http://www.jbsports.com/Newhaven20k2010.htm
New Haven Road Race 20k - Race Report
Hello Week 8!
Today was the New Haven Road Race 20k. I had no idea how today would go since I ran 18 just two days ago and the last few days allergy-wise have been miserable. I figured I wanted to be around 8:00-8:24 per mile. Woke up around 6am - had some breakfast, got myself ready and walked to the green (~1.5 miles). Once I got there I to my number pinned to my shirt and the D-tag on to my Kinvaras. Chatted a bit with some Milford Road Runners at our tent - then off for a quick warm-up and potty stop. Once I got through the bathroom line - I had only a few minutes to get to the start.
I lined up a ways back and shortly after I got settled in a spot - the gun went off. I took it easy for the first 1/2 mile (I really had to as it was very busy). After the crowd cleared a bit I found a comfortable pace and tried to just sit on it. Just around mile four I noticed my good friend Chuck a few steps ahead of me. From that point on we ran the race together. He said he wanted to run 8s even - but that didn't happen. We seemed to alternate each mile which of us would push the other along. At a water stop at mile 10.5 or so he decided to take a breather and drink his drink instead of spilling it all and he waved me on. As I made the final turn down Whitney I saw my wife and son in the crowd. I made a quick detour to give my son a kiss - then back to the course I went. Once back on the course I started looking for Chuck again - seeing he was only 20 feet or so behind me I held up until he caught up to me. We finished together which was great.
Overall I felt great - esp coming off the 18 miler. I figured I could have picked up the pace a little overall but running with a friend today and having fun was what it was about.
Garmin Times
8:02
7;49
7:49
7:39
7:50
7:43
7:38
7:56
7:40
8:06
7:51
7:36
3:31 (for .49 miles @ 7:14 pace)
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/47842084
Today was the New Haven Road Race 20k. I had no idea how today would go since I ran 18 just two days ago and the last few days allergy-wise have been miserable. I figured I wanted to be around 8:00-8:24 per mile. Woke up around 6am - had some breakfast, got myself ready and walked to the green (~1.5 miles). Once I got there I to my number pinned to my shirt and the D-tag on to my Kinvaras. Chatted a bit with some Milford Road Runners at our tent - then off for a quick warm-up and potty stop. Once I got through the bathroom line - I had only a few minutes to get to the start.
I lined up a ways back and shortly after I got settled in a spot - the gun went off. I took it easy for the first 1/2 mile (I really had to as it was very busy). After the crowd cleared a bit I found a comfortable pace and tried to just sit on it. Just around mile four I noticed my good friend Chuck a few steps ahead of me. From that point on we ran the race together. He said he wanted to run 8s even - but that didn't happen. We seemed to alternate each mile which of us would push the other along. At a water stop at mile 10.5 or so he decided to take a breather and drink his drink instead of spilling it all and he waved me on. As I made the final turn down Whitney I saw my wife and son in the crowd. I made a quick detour to give my son a kiss - then back to the course I went. Once back on the course I started looking for Chuck again - seeing he was only 20 feet or so behind me I held up until he caught up to me. We finished together which was great.
Overall I felt great - esp coming off the 18 miler. I figured I could have picked up the pace a little overall but running with a friend today and having fun was what it was about.
Garmin Times
8:02
7;49
7:49
7:39
7:50
7:43
7:38
7:56
7:40
8:06
7:51
7:36
3:31 (for .49 miles @ 7:14 pace)
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/47842084
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Bad blogger, marathon training etc etc etc
Yes I've been a bad blogger as of late. I know all of you (all 1 of you) must be sad not to have been able to read about my runs here. I hope you have been able to cope for the last three weeks. The end of summer always seems to be crazy, add to that marathon training and getting my son ready for school, its a miracle I remember to put pants on in the morning (I have yet to forget to do that - wahoo!)
Training for Philly has been going well. Mother nature has tried her best to derail me -between the heat, ragweed season and a potential hurricane coming through New England -but she has yet to knock me off course (knock on wood). Below are my week totals for the past three weeks.
Week 5
Total Distance: 45.67 miles
Total Time: 6:33:44
Avg Pace: 8:37
Week 6 (Recovery)
Total Distance: 36.35 miles
Total Time: 5:12:20
Avg Pace: 8:35
Week 7
Total Distance: 50.0 miles
Total Time: 7:36:01
Avg Pace: 9:07
Highlights of the last three weeks:
1) 9 miles with 5 at 1/2 marathon pace with Mike in NY (http://www.dailymile.com/people/MarkJ2/entries/2913390)
2) 16 miles with 10 at marathon pace (even though this hurt a bit) (http://www.dailymile.com/people/MarkJ2/entries/2989885)
3) First run in my Kinvaras - (http://www.dailymile.com/people/MarkJ2/entries/3066064)
4) 7 miler with strides - I felt fast that day (http://www.dailymile.com/people/MarkJ2/entries/3139661)
5) 18 miler - getting my confidence back big time for distance after this (http://www.dailymile.com/people/MarkJ2/entries/3160007)
6) Non running highlight - my son starting 2nd grade
Only negative over the last three weeks - ragweed. My allergies are going crazy (as they usually do at this time of the year). Hard to balance taking enough medication (benadryl) to combat the allergy symptoms but not so much that I'm all drowsy and stupid all day.
Week 8 starts tomorrow (Labor Day) with the New Haven 20k. Since I just came off running 18 miles yesterday I dont think Ill be racing this one very hard....but as my wife said yesterday "When do you ever take it easy at races?".
Training for Philly has been going well. Mother nature has tried her best to derail me -between the heat, ragweed season and a potential hurricane coming through New England -but she has yet to knock me off course (knock on wood). Below are my week totals for the past three weeks.
Week 5
Total Distance: 45.67 miles
Total Time: 6:33:44
Avg Pace: 8:37
Week 6 (Recovery)
Total Distance: 36.35 miles
Total Time: 5:12:20
Avg Pace: 8:35
Week 7
Total Distance: 50.0 miles
Total Time: 7:36:01
Avg Pace: 9:07
Highlights of the last three weeks:
1) 9 miles with 5 at 1/2 marathon pace with Mike in NY (http://www.dailymile.com/people/MarkJ2/entries/2913390)
2) 16 miles with 10 at marathon pace (even though this hurt a bit) (http://www.dailymile.com/people/MarkJ2/entries/2989885)
3) First run in my Kinvaras - (http://www.dailymile.com/people/MarkJ2/entries/3066064)
4) 7 miler with strides - I felt fast that day (http://www.dailymile.com/people/MarkJ2/entries/3139661)
5) 18 miler - getting my confidence back big time for distance after this (http://www.dailymile.com/people/MarkJ2/entries/3160007)
6) Non running highlight - my son starting 2nd grade
Only negative over the last three weeks - ragweed. My allergies are going crazy (as they usually do at this time of the year). Hard to balance taking enough medication (benadryl) to combat the allergy symptoms but not so much that I'm all drowsy and stupid all day.
Week 8 starts tomorrow (Labor Day) with the New Haven 20k. Since I just came off running 18 miles yesterday I dont think Ill be racing this one very hard....but as my wife said yesterday "When do you ever take it easy at races?".
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