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Monthly Archives: June 2009

Ugh…

Monday, June 29, 2009

Last week was easily the hardest so far.  On top of the schedule requiring the most weekly mileage so far, the weekend required 7 miles at pace on Saturday, plus 14 miles on Sunday.  The midweek mileage was also increased from 3-6-3 on Tues-Wed-Thurs to 4-7-4.  Increased midweek mileage, a faster Saturday run, and my [...]

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Hard week ahead

Monday, June 22, 2009

The Hal Higdon plan that I’m following has periodic, progressively rising peaks, with a slow ramping in the distance of my long runs.  After these peaks, mileage drops slightly to allow for some recovery, before advancing to the next peak.  Last week was one of those recovery weeks.  I’m now looking at my next week [...]

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Quick update

Friday, June 19, 2009

I missed a couple of runs due to a trip to Seattle last weekend.  Totally worth it though, since it was an awesome trip!  My weekly long run got pushed to Monday.  If there’s any run that you don’t want to miss during marathon training, it’s the long run!  I got it finished, and am [...]

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Week four done.

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Well I survived my hardest week yet, culminating with an eleven mile run, the longest since Portland. With all of my runs I finished strong and comfortably. The heaviness in my legs that I’ve been feeling towards the end my runs is fading at last, and just being able to run 10+ miles [...]

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Three weeks down, 15 more to go…

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

I’m now three weeks into Hal Higdon’s 18 week Intermediate I training schedule.  For the most part, things have gone quite well.  I’m getting my miles in, slowly increasing my mileage, feeling strong, and most importantly am NOT injured!  I’ve made the mistake numerous times of running beyond my abilities, leading to injuries that have [...]

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