Stu's Tempo
Monday 25
Training Run 6:00:00 AM - 5.00 mi @ 35:12 (7:02 pace)
Training Run 11:30:00 AM - 9.30 mi @ 1:04:09 (6:53 pace)
Tuesday 26
Training Run 5:00:00 AM - 10.38 mi @ 1:11:25 (6:52 pace)
Wednesday 27
Training Run 11:30:00 AM - 5.00 mi @ 34:00 (6:48 pace)
Running Workout 7:30:00 PM - Aerobic Capacity Intervals - -
10.00 mi @ 51.55 (5:12 pace)
Thursday 28
Training Run 6:10:00 AM - 8.30 mi @ 58:12 (7:00 pace)
Training Run 12:00:00 PM - 8.20 mi @ 56:12 (6:51 pace)
Friday 29
Training Run 6:00:00 AM - 5.00 mi @ 34:26 (6:53 pace)
Saturday 1
Training Run 11:00:00 AM - 7.00 mi @ 50:48 (7:15 pace)
Sunday 2
Running Competition 11:00:00 AM - Stu's 30K (Road Race) 30K Road Race @ 1:49:00.00 (5:50 pace) Place: 2
TOTALS Running: 96.84 mi
Got in two great workouts this week and all signs are positive towards a successful Boston Marathon. To those of you who didn't enter, better be ready to get on your knees and start begging the powers that be because I just found out Boston is closed. Lets hope that they allow some last time qualifiers in.
Sunday was the Stu's 30k in my old stomping grounds of Clinton, MA. It is a perfect pre Boston tune-up because the terrain is so similar. The hills and changing cadence of the course is spot on as well as the last three hills which want to take the life out of you before the finish. The great thing about this race is that I had running compatriot Ian Nurse there the whole way to help shoulder the load of the target 5:50 to 6:00 pace we were looking for in this "Up-Tempo" long run effort. Two other guys mark hudson and chris senestad were also there for the first 8 miles or so. I started to let it flow a bit more after 70 heading up to 290 because I felt a little hog tied at 5:55 - 6:00. Moving it to 5:45 - 5:50 felt much better. Ian agreed so we did it. There is a great picture you can see here. It would appear that Ian and I were neck and neck kicking it in for alpha male status but that is not the case. We were actually having a little discussion about how we should finish. I wanted him to come in second and he wanted me to. Just as I was picking out my spot where I would pull a "maverick" and stop so he would cruise by, he stops jumps in behind me, and would not pull ahead. I didn't want things to get silly with a "you first! no you first!" type of thing so I just cruised in wondering why I didn't just duck in first. A gentlemen’s gesture if there ever was one.
That ends my three straight weeks of racing/pseudo workouts and am now off until the New Bedford Half-marathon.
That's all I got.