Monday: 5.4 miles, 276', 9:21 pace. Pre-dawn recovery jog on Candia roads. I'm fatigued enough that I didn't have to hold back much to turn such a slow (for me) pace. There was some soreness, but no hints of injury. I'm thankful for that. Spotted two shooting stars.
Tuesday:
AM: 9.8 miles, 591', 8:30 pace. Pre-dawn Candia roads. I'm starting to notice more light on the eastern horizon when I finish up around six o'clock. Spring can't come soon enough.
PM: 5.2 miles, 492', 9:49 pace. Easy run with a co-worker.
Wednesday: Zero. Slushy conditions and an invite to lunch with coworkers. I'm rationalizing the zero day as additional recovery from Sunday's race so I can do a quality tempo workout tomorrow.
Also, I signed up for the Wapack 21 miler this morning. Traditionally I've done the 50 mile version but courses with a lot of repeated ground haven't been agreeing with me in recent years. I've always wondered what I could do on the one-way course, so this year I'm going to find out.
Thursday:
AM: 7.6 miles, 348', 7:36 pace. Pre-dawn Candia roads. I was pleased that the effort to pace ratio seems to indicate I'm recovered from Sunday's race. Less pleased by the clapped-out Malibu that almost hit my right in front of my own house, despite my headlamp, reflective vest and the street light overhead.
PM: 10.1 miles, 702', 7:46 pace. Manchester sidewalks. I overcame some dread and anxiety to get out the door for a planned 2x3 mile tempo workout. The first repeat went well but I ended up canning the second one because of stomach distress. It was a slow, uncomfortable job back to the office.
Friday: 9.5 miles, 207', 744 pace. Easy bike path run.
Saturday: 9.8 miles, 623', 8:23 pace. Pre-dawn Candia roads. Kinda tired and sluggish. Calves were tight some soreness in the high achilles.
Sunday: 20.1 miles, 1115', 7:26 pace. Warm up, 2 x 12 minutes tempo, 10 miles easy, 20 minutes tempo, cool down. One of the longer, tougher Jack Daniels' marathon workouts, and a good confidence builder for the last few weeks of training. Didn't have quite the pep I was looking for, but got it done.
Totals: 77.9 miles, 4354', 10h 29m.
Bonus:
While my goal for this training cycle was primarily to qualify for Boston 2018 and secondarily to run sub-3 hours, I'm unavoidably training in the shadow of my 2014 Hyannis Marathon. Same marathon + same time at the BP16,= same fitness? In 2014, I was in the best road running shape of my life and, even though I made a major improvement in my marathon personal best, I still squandered potential that day and I've wanted a do-over ever since. Maybe this is that chance.
As a psychological exercise, I'm going to list my mile splits from the 2014 race below, so can take a good long look at what I could do better.
Mile / Split
1 / 5:54
2 / 6:03
3 / 6:10
4 / 6:13
5 / 6:23
6 / 6:11
7 / 6:09
8 / 6:21
9 / 6:18
10 / 6:19
11 / 6:18
12 / 6:22
13 / 6:14
14 / 6:14
15 / 6:20
16 / 6:28
17 / 6:39
18 / 6:49
19 / 6:49
20 / 6:52
21 / 7:17
22 / 6:57
23 / 7:16
24 / 7:27
25 / 7:40
26 / 8:03
.2 / 7:13
