Monday morning marks week number 6 of our training plan with the Boston Marathon now just 11 weeks away. In 76 days or 1,845 hours (who’s counting) with ESPN Cameras rolling, news outlets from around the world on hand, one million spectators watching and the finest international marathon runners in the world on hand – [...]
Archive for January, 2010
I have received a lot of inquiries regarding the Zensah Shin Splint – Calf Compression sleeve I began using last week. So many in fact that I felt a product review was in order. To date I have used the sleeve for 4 training runs covering 21 miles and the Austin 3M Half Marathon last Sunday. So [...]
So here we are on Wednesday morning three days after the Austin 3M Half Marathon and it is time to take stock of training and recovery. Last week I took the opportunity to blog about the benefits of racing during marathon training - you can view the post here: http://wp.me/pHGel-6P. For the most part race day did [...]
If not for a fatal car accident on the evening of Friday, May 30th 1975 Steve Prefontaine would be celebrating his 59th birthday today. Controversial in life and in death many would argue that “Pre” defined American distance running in the early 1970′s. Most marathoners can look back on a person or event that got [...]
Let me start this race report out by saying I learned something very important about myself today. For someone who prides themself on being diligent in my training, eating right, stretching, icing, working on my pace etc. – once I pin a number on my chest and line up for a race – I cannot [...]
Last workout today as we gear up for this Sunday’s Austin 3M Half-Marathon. Was able to stop by the packet pick-up today and get my bib (#1198) and a bag full of goodies from 3M – was a great mixture of coupons, 3M products and a very cool long sleeve race shirt. I also was [...]
I have received a lot of inquiries today about the “Pace Tat” product. I have included a video that illustrates just how easy the process is. You can access the Pace Tat site at: http://www.pacetat.com/ According to the website the cost of a Pace Tat is $2.99 with available times starting at a 2:55:00 Marathon [...]
Today’s workout was a mid-week 6-miler to be run at/near race pace for this weekend’s 3M Half Marathon. Now, normally I would have taken this week easy with a race looming on Sunday. Had this been a marathon weekend we would actually be in the final week of a 2-3 week taper. I will be [...]
Continuing with our race week entries we are now just five days away from Sunday’s 3M Austin Half-Marathon. I keep making a point to remind myself this week that although we are racing on Sunday, we are really just 13 weeks away from our real goal which is to prepare for the first of two [...]
It’s Race Week! – The importance of step back weeks in your training program
Posted: January 18, 2010 in TrainingWith 13 weeks left of training before the Boston Marathon on April 19th this Sunday in lieu of a traditional long-run – we race! I’ve traditionally stayed away from racing during previous marathon training periods not because of any fear of racing or a belief that it was not beneficial – it simply never worked out [...]
