Log for August 11 – Training for Bank of America Chicago Marathon on October 9th. Goal for the fall and winter marathon season is to break 3:15 for the first time.
Thursday
- 7-Mile Track Workout – While the temps were still in the high 80s at start time, we did get a very welcome break in the humidity today. I didn’t feel great during my 2-mile warmup or during our 6 x 100m stride-outs, but felt really good during the workout. It was an unusual combination of intervals ranging from 200m to 1000m, but overall I really enjoyed it. In the middle we did 5 x 200m repeats with recovery across the infield. This was followed by 1000m of straights and curves. I commented to Paxton that it was hard to gauge how much effort you could put into these repeats and still be able to maintain a consistent pace through the rest of the workout. Overall my pacing was very consistent throughout, though I did push it a little too hard during the last 600m interval. With warmup and cooldown the total mileage was just over 7-miles.
- Cross Training – Tonight was a highly modified version of P90X: Chest & Back. I modified it to focus solely on chest since I get plenty of back work in Legs & Back.