This week's training included a speed workout on Tuesday (4x 1.5mi), an 8 mile tempo run on Thursday and this morning's group run, 17 miles. Overall, they felt ok, though each run seemed to require a bit more effort that I would like. The speed work went well and I got the speed segments in at about my 5-10k pace. Thursday's tempo run was good in that I finished with negative splits. Glad to be able to push the pace on the 2nd 1/2 of the run. Today was a day where I hoped to get 16-18 miles in after last week's 13 miles. I knew the pace would be a bit slowed, but that's ok for a long training run. In the end, the run probably could have been a bit slower, but oh well. We had a good day to run and after the bomb cyclone on Friday, we still had some wind to deal with, but it wasn't too bad. We had a great group today and some of the volunteers were able to grab a few pics during our water stops.
This week was also a good week as a few more donations rolled in and we're closing in on $7,400! I also received my 2018 singlet. It's hard to tell from the picture, but the main color is a navy blue and the fluorescent yellow really stands out. I'd like if the colors had been reversed but that's just me assuming that marathon day will be warm and sunny. Then again, Accuweather is predicting that April 16 will be mostly sunny at ~50F. That would be a pretty nice day for the marathon, so we'll see how accurate the long long long range forecast is. With only about 6 weeks to go, it's time to break up the 6 weeks into 2 sets of 3 - a plan for the 1st 3 weeks of serious training culminating in our 22 mile training run on March 24 and another plan for the 3 weeks of tapering. Regardless or how training goes the next few weeks, I know that I'm capable of running and completing Boston on April 16, running in honor of and in memory of too many people affected by cancer. Running for RJ, for Heather, Don, Josh and loved ones of many donors will make my 6th DFMC and Boston as memorable as my first.
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