Past trainings...

Things have been very difficult for me to remain motivated over the last several weeks to continue with my training properly...b

Sunday March 9th:

15 mile lakefront run along Lake Michigan was scheduled to be a FIRST pace of ~8:15 per mile but I upped the pace on this long run because I missed my 10 mile tempo run the week before. I ended up runing the 15 miles in 1:59:31 for a mile pace of 7:58 with an average HR of 141bpm. The run felt strong and well within my LSD HR run zone...

Tuesday March 11th:

@threshold cycling class at the bike shop via the Computrainer set-up week number 4 of 6 total. Solid performance during the 90 minute training session where I covered 27.8 miles for an average pace on 18.5mph. My average HR was 120bpm with a max HR during one of the 14 minute at threshold portions of 143bpm. Cadence average at 90rpm with max cadence at 114bpm to spin out the legs during a recovery portion. Great class session...

Wednesday March 12th:

Ran my FIRST scheduled 10 by 400 meter repeats ~1:35 with 400 meter recovery jog in between for a total of 6.6 miles with w/u & c/d also. Below are my 400 meter times with average and max HR per repeat:

400 meter - 1:35 - AHR 141bpm - MHR 149bpm
400 meter - 1:34 - AHR 140bpm - MHR 151bpm
400 meter - 1:37 - AHR 139bpm - MHR 150bpm
400 meter - 1:34 - AHR 143bpm - MHR 153bpm
400 meter - 1:36 - AHR 143bpm - MHR 153bpm
400 meter - 1:36 - AHR 143bpm - MHR 152bpm
400 meter - 1:34 - AHR 145bpm - MHR 154bpm
400 meter - 1:36 - AHR 144bpm - MHR 154bpm
400 meter - 1:36 - AHR 143bpm - MHR 153bpm
400 meter - 1:34 - AHR 145bpm - MHR 156bpm

Good performance as I ran these outside afterwork in my neighborhood an my Newton Motus+Motion running shoes which I used for the first time since I purchased them awhile back...great shoe!

Friday March 14th:

8 mile tempo run per the FIRST program at a ~8:00 pacing in the neighborhood afterwork in the warmer temps. It was nice to be able to run again outside in longer shorts and a tech long sleeve shirt. Below are my mile split times with average HR per that mile:

1st mile - 7:46 - AHR 128bpm
2nd mile - 7:54 - AHR 131bpm
3rd mile - 7:58 - AHR 132bpm
4th mile - 7:49 - AHR 136bpm
5th mile - 7:49 - AHR 137bpm
6th mile - 7:49 - AHR 139bpm
7th mile - 7:47 - AHR 139bpm
8th mile - 7:40 - AHR 140bpm

Run felt really good as I was constant throughout and able to easily pick-up the pace towards the last couple miles without raising my average HR values too much...great run!

Sunday March 16th:

Once again my last schuduled FIRST 20 mile of this marathon training cycle at an approximate pacing of ~8:15 per mile. I ran 7 miles before the March Madness half marathon then ran the race at a comfortable training pace in the hillyness of Cary, IL...my total 20.1 mile time was 2:43:24 for an pace of 8:07 and a average HR of 141bpm...was very happy with the result of my 5th and last 20 miler of this FIRST training cycle towards the Athens Ohio marathon especially in the hills!

b