Long May You Run

10 easy miles on the track.  1:34:25  9:27 ave pace.  Very windy, didn't care, dressed warm.  It's 20° outside but the wind and no sun makes it feel very cold.  I needed at least 10 today if I had any shot of going 100 this week.   

10.9 miles 6.25 on the track.  very windy, dead legs, chore of a run.  It's mentally tough to run so many long slow miles.  I could not run any faster if my life depended on it, but somehow, it makes me faster on race day.  9:19 ave 1:41:34 total time.  100 miles this week is going to be very tough.  This is my last high mileage week.

5.65 am miles 50:30  8:56 ave pace

14.65 pm miles 2:13:23  9:06 ave pace B Street route, 11th ave to cemetery, back and forth behind Capitol, 1.5 miles on the track then home.  Legs felt pretty good.  No wind!!

5.65 am miles  51:49  9:10 pace

16.1 pm miles 2:27:50  9:11 ave pace.  B Street route, 11th ave to cemetery, back a forth behind the Capitol then home.  The uphill behind the Capitol was a real challenge.  I felt pretty good at the end of the run.  This is my last big mileage week, and today is my second to last long double day.  I'm on pace for a 100 mile week, the only thing that can throw me off would be the weather, it could be nasty tomorrow and I don't see the point in abusing myself to squeeze out some extra miles.

5.9 am miles 9:10 ave pace 54:04

16.1 pm miles 2:34:11 9:35 ave  same rout as yesterday.  B St. 11th Ave to cemetery, back and forth behind the Capitol then home.  I thought this run was going to be a lot harder.  The downhill from the Capitol hurt so I had to run easy.  It sure feels like I'm at the end of my back to back 100 miles weeks, the hard part is behind me. 

5.65 miles, no watch.  Looks like I'm going to get my 100 miles this week, a 10'er tomorrow should be quick and easy. 3 weeks to Boston, the hay is in the barn!

10 miles out and back from home.  1:39:27   9:57 ave pace.  This has got to be my slowest run ever.  My only goal today was to run 10 miles and get my weekly total to 100.  I knew I was going to go slow, but this is way slow and I kept getting slower with every mile.  Coming back I was faced with a stiff headwind.  I did not have the strength or desire to fight the wind, I gave up and just shuffled along.  This concludes my back to back 100 mile weeks, I am very tired right now.  

I received my Boston Marathon bib number in the mail yesterday.  Number 10748, that's me!  I will be at the front of the 2nd wave (9000 to 18000).  For the first time there will be three waves instead of two.  I am getting extremely excited and I feel good about my training.  My A, B and C goals are 3:10, 3:15 and 3:20.  3 weeks to the race, my taper starts now.  This next week will be more of a mental taper with mileage of about 80, not sure what I will do the next two weeks after that.  Last year I still logged some decent miles and felt like it was the perfect taper so I'll look back to last year and do something similar.  For now, no more long runs or races, just miles of fun running, maybe few marathon goal pace miles here and there.