On track for 60+ this week

I am proud to report that I am on track toward my biggest mileage week ever. This week’s 60 miles will be a huge confidence lift as I progress toward my peak 70-mile week, which is scheduled for August 13th. Here's this week mileage so far:

Monday – 5:50 AM – Rocked out 11 miles strong at 7:36 pace

Tuesday – 6:45 AM – Ran a 4-mile recovery run at 8:40 pace. 6:30 PM – Joined the CARA speed work team. Did 1 mile warm-up + 6 100m strides – then speed work consisted of 3x1200m + 1x400m at 5k pace - 3 times. Then 1 mile at MP. Finished w/1 mile cooldown.

Wednesday – 6:15 PM – 6-mile recovery – 8:36 pace . Temps in 80's and 90% humidity. I won't pretend that tonight's run was totally easy, as I expected. The conditions were moist and sultry - and I was feeling the effects of last night's speed work. Nevertheless, it is DONE. I need to monitor my body signals to make sure I am not ramping up too quickly.

WTD thru Wed: 27 miles -- Right on track.


I feel very good about last night’s speed workout. I am convinced that it is important for me to get out there every Tuesday night. The last mile at MP of the workout really felt easy - and most of us went too fast. That's the nature of this speed workout. It makes marathon goal pace seem easy.

Rest of week plan


Thursday AM - 9-10 gen aerobic (easy)
Friday AM - 4 recovery
Sat AM - 21 LSD – 7:50 pace target -- MY LONGEST EVER MARATHON TRAINING RUN!

Looking forward to nailing at least 33 more miles over the next 63 hours. This will get me to 60+ total miles for the week.

Man, do I want to rock out at the CDC on August 12th. It's my next big milestone. When I say rock out, I mean I would love to hit 1:25:59 as the stretch goal - while sub-1:27 is the main goal. Suppose I will run 6:35-6:40 in the early going and see if I can push to 6:30-35 over the last 4 or 5 miles.

60-mile weeks are not easy, at least, not yet anyway... lots of planning, focus and commitment. The train rolls on....