Well...I finally got a week of 37+ miles in...however I know I will be struggling greatly to get to a point where I feel like I can "finish" the marathon within 5 hours. I just dont have the good long continuous runs under my belt lately. My goal over the next 3-4 weeks is to increase my long run mileage considerably so I can get up to around running 15-18+ miles somewhat comfortably. We'll see what happens:)
Week 11 Chicago Marathon Training Schedule:
8/27: Ran 2.5 miles around neighborhood
8/28: Rest...didnt get a chance to run:(
8/29: Ran 8.5 miles (very good constant and 9 minute pace/mi. running)
8/30: Only ran 2.5 miles...around my neighborhood.
8/31: Rest day
9/1: Ran 9.5 miles around Lake Hefner in 1 hr 35 minutes. (good run)
9/2: Ran 8.5 miles around neighborhood
Total Weekly Mileage Target: 44 miles
Actual Weekly Mileage Total: 31.5 miles
(unfortunately I am still way under target long run mileage per day, but my mileage is increasing weekly and I am running more comfortably for longer periods of time....its now a matter of getting comfortable with a 12-15+ mile run (and actually running one comfortably)...before marathon day Oct. 7th...I'll finish...it will just not be even close to my personal PR time of 4hr 27 min in the 2006 OKC Memorial Marathon.) Finishing is great...and anything under 5 hours at this juncture would be wonderful;)
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Carl, I've been following your posts, and you should be doing fine.
What training program are you following?
You're right, if you get some consistent longer runs in, you should be up for a great marathon finish.
anything I can do to help?
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