Log for July 9th – 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.
Saturday
- 12.2-Mile Marathon Workout – Today our running group began bi-weekly marathon workout training sessions in preparation for the fall race season. Today’s workout was:
*10-min warmup
*15-min marathon pace (7:26 goal for me) / 5-min recovery
*10-min tempo pace (7:00 goal for me) / 5-min recovery
*15-min marathon pace / 5-min recovery
*15-min marathon pace / 5-min recovery
*10-min tempo pace
*CooldownThe course we used was in Percy Warner Park, and is quite hilly. It was also an extremely humid day, and I drank 96 oz. of fluids during the workout. I’m not exactly sure what my avg. page was during the first marathon pace and tempo intervals since my Garmin was having trouble keeping a satellite connection through the dense tree-cover. However, the watch straightened itself out for the last 3 intervals. I did the last two marathon pace intervals at exactly 7:25 pace, and the last tempo pace interval at 6:59 pace. Felt extremely good today, especially as the workout progressed. Gave me a BIG confidence boost.
- Cross Training – I tried tonight to do P90X: Chest & Back, but my injured hand would not allow me to do any of the chest exercises. I tried them with and without push-up bars, but just could not stand that much pressure on the wound. Has not been a great week of cross training, but hopefully will be better next week.