Marathon Week Begins!

The hay is in the barn…

Week 20 of my training plan for the Under Armor Baltimore Marathon 2011 officially begins tomorrow. I’ll be doing 2 easy runs, a mid-week tempo run and the race on Saturday. Training went well

• Week 1 – 4 runs, 15.24 mi, 2:06:52
• Week 2 – 4 runs, 15.18 mi, 2:02:47
• Week 3 – 4 runs, 25.52 mi, 4:01:38
• Week 4 – 4 runs, 26 mi, 3:49:20
• Week 5 – 1 runs, 7 mi, 1:06:44
• Week 6 – 4 runs, 22.47, 3:15:22
• Week 7 – 1 runs, 12.37, 2:01:54
• Week 8 – 4 runs, 33.03, 5:08:12
• Week 9 – 4 runs, 33.13, 4:57:08
• Week 10 – 4 runs, 28.38, 4:04:03
• Week 11 – 4 runs, 39.78, 6:01:44
• Week 12 – 4 runs, 37.44, 5:47:34
• Week 13 – 4 runs, 39.07, 6:02:59
• Week 14 – 4 runs, 33.04, 4:44:45
• Week 15 – 4 runs, 43.03, 6:31:06
• Week 16 – 4 runs, 44.48, 6:51:58
• Week 17 – 4 runs, 32.49, 4:38:34
• Week 18 – 3 runs, 26.86, 3:59:44
• Week 19 – 3 runs, 19.32, 2:36:28

Training totals through week 19 were -
70 runs, 533.84 miles, 79:49:02

I definitely think that most of my quality work was done faster than my conservative goal pace 8:38 for a time of 3:46:25.

The hay is in the barn and Winter is here (so to speak). Now I am hoping to deliver on the training that I put in for my sixth marathon. I trained injury free and really consistently all Summer. I would’ve called training perfect if it wasn’t for missing my last 20 miler when on my business trip last week. No excuses, though. I will toe the line confident next weekend.