Oh right. This training thing.
I'll try to reconstruct the past few months at some point here. For now, a note to mark the eve of a 15 week TCM training program. The goal is to train as hard as I have since Philly 2009, and to run as fast as I have since 2004. PRs in the 1/2 and the full. Here's where I'm starting:
March 18th - LAKE JO 4MI in 22:50 (5:42/mi). 3rd place. Solid.
April 15th - HOT CHOCOLATE 15K (5:59/mi). 6th place. Poor pacing after a 5:23 first mile. Held on through ~10K. Fell off up the hill under 35W. Surprised by speed. No upper body strength. VDot aprx: 59.
May 19th - FARGO 1/2M in 1:19:55 (6:05/mi). 18th place. First 6mi at ~5:55/mi felt very smooth. 10mi at 6min pace felt like all I could muster. Had to dial back for the last three miles but held ~6:25s to finish under 1:20. Not surprising given very low training volume since HC15K.
Training Goals:
CROSS-TRAIN: Bike to work a few times each week, and play tennis once or twice.
P90X CIRCUITS: My legs could probably run 26.2mi. Right now, the rest of me definitely can't.
RECOVERY: Especially good sleeping & eating & hydrating.
TRAILS: Every-other Long Run, and once every weekend.
Benchmark Races:
June 23rd - RUN FOR THE ROSES 5K - Ran it in 2004 before my first TCM. May as well see what I've got while it's still my neighborhood race.
July 29th - URBAN WILDLAND 1/2M - Ran it in 2004 on a whim at the end of a long training week. Won it and set what remains my PR (1:13:08).
August 6th - MDRA 15K - I want to race for TCTC at least once this summer. Probably the best chance.
GOAL RACES:
September 10th - City of Lakes 1/2M - Raced once as the 1/2M in 2014 (1:18:xx). Raced 2-3x as a 25K.
October 1st - Twin Cities Marathon - Raced twice in 2004 (2:37:45) and 2014 (2:53:xx).
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