4 Weeks Out

The ING New York City Marathon is quickly approaching. I’m in Mammoth Lakes, California putting the finishing touches, on, what so far, has been a great marathon training cycle. This was my first week in Mammoth, and I wasted no time getting in some big miles. For the week, I hit a career high of 129 miles. My body is holding up very well, no aches, pains or general fatigue. Mentally, I’m also feeling fresh. I haven’t been overwhelmed with the training and I’m keeping an optimistic outlook on what’s to come. So far so good…

Below is a detailed summary of my week of running. I’ve included two pictures from the week as well.

Training

Monday: 9 miles AM, 6 miles PM. Very easy day, 7:00 mile pace, maybe slower.

Tuesday: 7500 ft. 8 mile progression run starting at around 6:30 mile pace and ending up near 5:15 per mile. 7 minutes rest. 6x1000 meters w/ 600 meters rest jogged at around 6:00-6:15 mile pace. Plus warm up & down. Splits were: 2:53, 2:51, 2:52, 2:53, 2:51, and 2:52. 6 miles slow PM. HR on only during 1ks:


Wednesday: 7000ft. 16 miles in AM. Pretty slow, maybe averaged 6:40. Snowy mix with wind. 1 mile stretch & stride PM

Thursday: 7000 ft. 9 miles in the AM, 6 miles in the PM. Slow runs, 6:40-7:00 mile pace.

Friday: 7000ft. 15-mile tempo. A continuous effort of 4 X 1.5 miles @ 5:00 pace, 1.5 miles @ 5:30 pace and 1 mile @ 6:00 pace, no 6:00 mile at the end to make it 15 miles. Plus warm up & down. HR was all over the place, mostly a reflection of the hills and wind not the pace variation. 6 miles slow in the PM.


Saturday: 7000ft. 8 miles in AM, 6 miles in PM. Slow pace 6:40 to 7:10 miles.

Sunday: 7500 ft. 23.5 miles in the AM. Started slowly, first hour roughly 6:30 miles, then some near 6:00 miles for next hour, ran the last 5 miles at roughly 5:50 pace. 


This photo was of a sign I made in the Reno Airport when none of the car rental companies would rent me a car one-way to Mammoth. Didn’t work, should’ve shaved and pressed my shirt…



This photo was after it snowed about 6 inches on October 6th! Beautiful, but cold…

Thanks for reading,
@BobbbyCurtis