Well it's the Triple Threat Half Marathon last Sunday and right into a peak mileage training week for the marathon - 50 miles this week including a 20 mile run next Sunday. This is all in preparation for the Clarence DeMar marathon on Sept. 27 in New Hampshire. A big concern for me is getting rid of most, if not all, the weight I put on post Disney. Here is my weight record since last November:
11/10/14 180.0
12/1/14 181.0
12/8/14 181.0
12/15/14 180.5
1/10/15 Disney Marathon
1/19/15 185.0
1/26/15 184.0
2/2/15 187.0
2/9/15 186.0
3/16/15 191.0
7/6/15 192.5
7/13/15 190.0
7/20/15 189.5
7/29/15 188.5
8/5/15 190.0
I intentionally pigged out at Disney World in the week after the race so I'm not surprised I put on a few pounds. And not all the weight is fat since I've definitely become stronger since last winter - including running a 1:44 PR half marathon in Binghamton when I weighed at least 190 lbs.
If I want to get in the 180 range for the DeMar marathon, I'm going to have to get medieval between now and then. I've gone to the steel cut oatmeal for breakfast and I think I've decided to cut the alcohol completely - so no more Osborn Tavern after the weekly Danvers 5k until October.
What are the marathon goals? Given the 1:44 marathon PR and the 1:46 I did on the challenging Triple Threat course on a hot day, I think a 3:40 marathon is not an unreasonable goal. That's a 1:50 half marathon pace.
But I don't want to be carrying 190 lbs on Sept. 27 when I try to meet that goal.
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