The journey continues. It’s been a strange year, but I will forge ahead. The hope is to run a fall marathon, but it’s hard to envision that happening. A marathon time trial sounds stupid, but you never know.
Key changes:
1. No time goals, just run by feel. Overall ran workouts at a much lower effort. Easy runs at about 7:20 pace
2. Two week cycles, eliminated pre work workouts
3. Threshold/sub threshold with very little vo2
4. Strategic high mileage when I have time off work
5. Self coached with some advice from friends sprinkled in
10 weeks: 68.2 miles per week
Week 1: 22.33 miles
Coronavirus scare. I’m a grocery store general manager. Had a fever for 7 days. Got tested, but came back negative.
Week 2: 55.92 miles
Easy jogging to get my legs back under me. Goal race Bjorklund 1/2 officially canceled.
Week 3: 67.55 miles
6x6min w/ 2 min coast recovery (5:36 average pace)
12x800 w 1 min rest (2:35ish average )
Week 4: 90.68 miles
20 min tempo on hilly course (5:15 average pace)
19.3 miles easy long run 6:44 pace
98 mile 7 day total into next week
Week 5: 80 miles
4x10min 2/ 4 min coast (5:34 average pace)
10x1k w/ 1 min rest (3:15ish average)
Week 6: 71.52 miles
6x30sec on 1:30 off pickups
10k solo time trial. On 2k road loop
31:21 (4:57, 5:04, 5:01, 5:04, 5:04, 5:04, 66)
Week 7: 82.57 miles
16 miles with 9@ 5:34 average pace
20x400 w/ 45 sec rest (71 average)
14x800 w/ 1 min rest (2:33 average, last one in 2:24)
Week 8: 78.89 miles
33 double digit day streak comes to an end with my only day off.
4 mile tempo on TT course (5:07 average pace)
18.4 miles with 9@ 5:48 average. Tough day on hilly course
98 mile 7 day stretch into next week
Week 9: 74.14 miles
4x1 mile w/ 2 min rest 4:55, 4:53, 4:51, 4:46
Week 10: 58.47 miles
3.05 mile tempo on TT course (5:18 average)
1/2 TT. 8.7ish loops on 1.53 mile loop measured with wheel
1:08:33 (5:14, 5:15, 5:07, 5:11, 5:14, 5:12, 5:08, 5:17, 5:10, 5:16, 5:14, 5:16, 5:15, 40)
33 second PR
Felt great the whole way. I’d like to think I would have ran a 1:07 in a real race, but who knows. I feel like I’m on the right track.