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My bib number is 1709
Tuesday, December 23, 2014
Sunday, December 21, 2014
Last 20 mile run today - the hay is in the barn
Completed the last 20 mile run today without injury - the most important thing. "The hay is in the barn" as they say. Total time was 3:10:54 for a 9:32 pace.
First 5 mile loop: 48:32 for a 9:42 pace
Second 5 mile loop: 48:07 for a 9:37 pace
Third 5 mile loop: 47:50 for a 9:34 pace
Fourth 5 mile loop: 46:23 for a 9:17 pace
As usual I negative split every loop. One nice thing about running these loops is that even if the loop mileage isn't exactly right (I'm getting it from mapmyrun), certainly the delta time between loops is as accurate as it could be since it's the identical loop every time.
First 5 mile loop: 48:32 for a 9:42 pace
Second 5 mile loop: 48:07 for a 9:37 pace
Third 5 mile loop: 47:50 for a 9:34 pace
Fourth 5 mile loop: 46:23 for a 9:17 pace
As usual I negative split every loop. One nice thing about running these loops is that even if the loop mileage isn't exactly right (I'm getting it from mapmyrun), certainly the delta time between loops is as accurate as it could be since it's the identical loop every time.
Saturday, December 20, 2014
Last 10 mile pace run
The last Saturday 10 mile pace run this morning:
1st 5 mile loop: 44:43 for an 8:57 pace
2nd 5 mile loop: 42:25 for an 8:29 pace
As perspective on how far I've come, I did the whole thing in 1:27:08 running comfortably, less than a minute slower than I ran the Lazy Lobster 10 miler in June (1:26:40) running as hard as I could.
Tomorrow is the last 20 mile training run... then a 3 week taper to Disney!
1st 5 mile loop: 44:43 for an 8:57 pace
2nd 5 mile loop: 42:25 for an 8:29 pace
As perspective on how far I've come, I did the whole thing in 1:27:08 running comfortably, less than a minute slower than I ran the Lazy Lobster 10 miler in June (1:26:40) running as hard as I could.
Tomorrow is the last 20 mile training run... then a 3 week taper to Disney!
Wednesday, December 17, 2014
10 mile midweek run
Ran the 10 mile midweek run this morning in the rain. Fortunately it wasn't too cold - in the low 40s.
1st 5 mile loop: 48:08 for a 9:38 pace
2nd 5 mile loop: 45:56 for a 9:11 pace
1st 5 mile loop: 48:08 for a 9:38 pace
2nd 5 mile loop: 45:56 for a 9:11 pace
Sunday, December 14, 2014
Last Week of Peak Mileage Coming Up - 50 miles
Finished a 34 mile week with a 12 mile run today:
1st 5 mile loop: 48:23 for a 9:41 pace
2nd 5 mile loop: 45:59 for a 9:12 pace
2 mile loop: 18:03 for a 9:02 mile pace
Coming up: The last peak mileage week ending with the last 20 mile training run next Sunday. Then it's taper time and the Marathon...
1st 5 mile loop: 48:23 for a 9:41 pace
2nd 5 mile loop: 45:59 for a 9:12 pace
2 mile loop: 18:03 for a 9:02 mile pace
Coming up: The last peak mileage week ending with the last 20 mile training run next Sunday. Then it's taper time and the Marathon...
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Disney Marathon Info
So runDisney came out with some information today including the corral breakdowns and assignments. Here are the corral breakdowns:
(I couldn't find a way to completely get rid of the pdf control panel at the bottom!)
I got bib number 1709 with my 1:50 half-marathon submission, which puts me (barely) into corral E. There will only be 1708 runners ahead of me so the crowding shouldn't be bad.
Looking at the past races, the 2013 race had 17591 runners, the 2014 race had 13316 runners and this year has 12334 (judging by the bib numbers). All three races sold-out, so I'm curious why Disney has cut the numbers back. Maybe they recognize too much crowding on the course.
UPDATE: The posters on the Disney Marathon blog pointed out that this doesn't include the Goofy and Dopey runners (the former running the half and the full marathons, the latter running the 5k, 10k, half and full), which brings the total running up to somewhere around 26,000.
(I couldn't find a way to completely get rid of the pdf control panel at the bottom!)
I got bib number 1709 with my 1:50 half-marathon submission, which puts me (barely) into corral E. There will only be 1708 runners ahead of me so the crowding shouldn't be bad.
Looking at the past races, the 2013 race had 17591 runners, the 2014 race had 13316 runners and this year has 12334 (judging by the bib numbers). All three races sold-out, so I'm curious why Disney has cut the numbers back. Maybe they recognize too much crowding on the course.
UPDATE: The posters on the Disney Marathon blog pointed out that this doesn't include the Goofy and Dopey runners (the former running the half and the full marathons, the latter running the 5k, 10k, half and full), which brings the total running up to somewhere around 26,000.
Sunday, December 7, 2014
The Best Part of My Training Week
What's the best part of the training week?
After a 20 mile Sunday morning run, heading to Brothers Restaurant with Tricia for a Western omelette with cheese, hash browns, rye toast, a side of sausage links and chocolate milk. It's the one time during the week I let it go.
After a 20 mile Sunday morning run, heading to Brothers Restaurant with Tricia for a Western omelette with cheese, hash browns, rye toast, a side of sausage links and chocolate milk. It's the one time during the week I let it go.
Second 20 Mile Run - One More To Go
This morning I finished the second 50 mile week with a 20 mile training run. I ran it in 3:07:02, using my usual 5 mile loop route 4 times with the following splits:
1st 5 Mile Loop: 48:35 for a 9:43 mile pace.
2nd 5 Mile Loop: 46:36 for a 9:19 mile pace.
3rd 5 Mile Loop: 46:12 for a 9:14 mile pace.
4th 5 Mile Loop: 45:40 for a 9:08 mile pace.
The overall pace was 9:21 per mile, and if I could hold that pace for the last 10k of a marathon, I'd finish in 4:05:11. Not too far from my 4 hour marathon goal even running at training pace.
I'm happy to see that I negative split every loop. I also ran the whole thing 11 minutes faster than the 20 mile run two weeks ago. A caveat here is that I did the 10 mile run on Friday (supposed to be a rest day) rather than the scheduled Saturday because heavy rain was forecast for Saturday (and that turned out to be a good decision). So I had a day of rest between the 10 miler and the 20 miler today against no days rest between them two weeks ago.
Coming up is another shorter mileage week (34 miles with a 12 mile run next Sunday) followed by the last of the high mileage training weeks. Almost there! The goal now is to finish the high mileage training without injury...
1st 5 Mile Loop: 48:35 for a 9:43 mile pace.
2nd 5 Mile Loop: 46:36 for a 9:19 mile pace.
3rd 5 Mile Loop: 46:12 for a 9:14 mile pace.
4th 5 Mile Loop: 45:40 for a 9:08 mile pace.
The overall pace was 9:21 per mile, and if I could hold that pace for the last 10k of a marathon, I'd finish in 4:05:11. Not too far from my 4 hour marathon goal even running at training pace.
I'm happy to see that I negative split every loop. I also ran the whole thing 11 minutes faster than the 20 mile run two weeks ago. A caveat here is that I did the 10 mile run on Friday (supposed to be a rest day) rather than the scheduled Saturday because heavy rain was forecast for Saturday (and that turned out to be a good decision). So I had a day of rest between the 10 miler and the 20 miler today against no days rest between them two weeks ago.
Coming up is another shorter mileage week (34 miles with a 12 mile run next Sunday) followed by the last of the high mileage training weeks. Almost there! The goal now is to finish the high mileage training without injury...
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