The Eugene Marathon is coming up on May 3rd and I am getting extremely excited. I really don't want to jinx myself as I am currently in the throws of taper.
I feel like I have trained better than ever before over these 18 weeks and managed all minor injuries well. I'm fighting all my second guessing and worrying during the taper and placing a ton of faith on this training as running 6:40 /mile for 26.2 miles still seems incredibly daunting.
I've created a little summary of my training below.
Date Mileage Notable workouts
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28-Dec 64.7
4-Jan 65.0
11-Jan 60.1
18-Jan 70.0
25-Jan 74.0
1-Feb 59.0
8-Feb 64.0
15-Feb 76.0
22-Feb 40.0
1-Mar 73.0 15 w/12 MP @ 6:35
8-Mar 83.0 12 w/ 7 Tempo @ 6:20
15-Mar 79.0 6x800m @ 2:53 avg
22-Mar 74.0 18 w/ 15 MP @ 6:37
29-Mar 73.0
5-Apr 73.0 6x1200m at 5:48 min/mile avg
12-Apr 65.0
19-Apr 48.0 3xmile @ 5:44 5:48 5:51
Long Runs
16, 18, 16, 18, 20, 15, 21, 20, 16, 22, 18, 18, 20, 21, 17, 13
That is 6 runs of 20 or longer in 18 weeks!