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Marathons - 15

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PR at St. George Half (painters) 1:51:20

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Qualify for 2010 Boston - I did it!!!!

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Thu, Jul 16, 2009

Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
1.50	0.00	8.00	0.00	0.00	9.50

Well my run today was a total failure! I wanted to run 8 miles at marathon pace (8:46) and while I was close I missed on some of the miles and all the miles felt very hard. I tried to analyze why this run was so hard when Tuesdays felt so easy and here is what I came up with.

1- It was hotter, not by much but at least 5 degrees and windy.

2- My legs were tired from my wicked spin class

3- I didn't sleep as well last night

4- I was cocky and went out too fast.

Here are my splits: 8:34, 8:33, 8:28, 8:48, 8:28, 8:44, 8:52, 8:54,

I caught up with my husband and walked 1.5 miles with him after my run.

Comments

From Teena on Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 10:41:13 from 67.177.20.13

My 2 cents: you started out too fast. I am definitely starting to realize the benefits of having a very slow warmup mile. So slow that I don't even clock it on my watch ... because I know how I am ...

With that said ... I don't know why you feel like this run was a failure. Your splits look great! You kept everything under nines with two 8:28s. You are doing AWESOME!!!! :)

From MrsFIT on Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 10:42:14 from 24.2.68.35

Sometimes your the windshield and sometimes your the bug, but through it all we still love you GUTS!

From Huans32 on Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 10:44:56 from 138.64.2.76

Great run by my book. Sure the ealier miles is what probably was the cause for the slight fade. Yet you still did awesome on it. And the wind can effect it for sure.

From Kathie on Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 11:11:46 from 207.155.176.10

The splits themselves is not what has me so bugged it is the fact that they felt SOOOOOO very hard. I want them to feel easy like I could do 18.2 more miles at that pace...which at this point I am not sure I could!

From jeffc on Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 11:17:57 from 167.207.128.101

Kathie...there are days that I go out and run my usual 7 miles and when I get to the end I'm thinking, 'there is no way I can run a marathon at 7:30 pace let alone my usual 8:10 pace.' I think it's just part of training. You'll have good and bad days, probably a lot more bad days because you are putting in more miles. Don't be too discouraged, that was a great run and it will surely benefit you come marathon day.

From DonGardinero on Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 11:23:52 from 75.162.184.152

Kathie, you did amazing!!! But I know exactly how you feel.

From Andy on Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 12:05:59 from 159.212.71.69

They are not supposed to feel easy when you are in the middle of a training cycle. On race day when you are tapered and have the race day magic you will be able to hit the splits and they will feel easier. My MP runs have never felt like I want them to but somehow find a way to do it at the races.

From fly on the Wall on Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 12:52:14 from 168.179.215.242

Some days you feel like a nut. Some days you don't. But hey, you got it done!

In addition to what you've already listed, I find my bummer runs can correlate to how much and what I've been eating and drinking (i.e., diet).

From RivertonPaul on Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 16:25:20 from 67.42.27.114

Good job, tiredness is fine, unlike injury. You are dong great.

From Smooth on Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 15:42:52 from 70.56.100.152

I ditto what everyone has said. It was not a total failure. It was an awesome training run and will pay off down the road.

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