1500 Miles Behind Me

Hey wow, I just noticed that I ran my 1500th mile for this year on Monday night. Yep, according to my running log I have 2415 kilometers so far this year, which is about 1,500.6114293 miles. I think I can easy meet my goal of 2500 kilometers for the year.

Marathon Training

I was fine tuning my marathon training schedule for the March 2006 marathon. This time around I am trying a slightly different approach. Instead of running four or five times a week I will run 3-4 times a week and do more cross-training, mostly swimming. Here is the basic schedule:

Monday 14K/8.7M run
Tuesday Swimming
Wednesday 14K/8.7M run race tempo or faster
Thursday Cross-training or run
Friday Rest
Saturday Long run (every 2 weeks) or medium long run (e.g. 22-24K)
Sunday Swimming

This may have to be tweaked again if I can get into a freestyle swim class in January.

My long runs will be as follows:

Dec. 10: 26K/16M (this Saturday)
Dec. 24: 28K/17M
Jan. 7: 30K/18M
Jan. 21: 32K/20M
Feb. 4: 34K/21M
Feb. 18: 36K/22M
Mar. 12: Race day

I also review my long run pace last night. I have been running most of my long runs at a pace of 15-30 seconds FASTER than my projected marathon pace (6:00/K, 9:39/M). I may need to think about slowing down just a little bit so I don't wear my body down so bad. If the weather turns nasty again this will occur naturally.