A lot of stuff going on in real life got in the way of running in January/February, but I got in some decent mileage.
- week of 31 Dec. 28 miles in 4 runs. New Years day 5k in 20:48. Hilly race and I was sick with a cold that kept me sleepless. Skipped the next 3 days of training.
- week of 7 Jan. 48 miles in 6 runs. My usual routes at ~10 - 10:30 pace with one treadmill run.
- week of 14 Jan. 51 miles. 4 runs of 8 miles at 10:00-11:15 pace, one 8-miler a little faster (9:11), a 10 miler at 9:50, and an aborted run (1.35 miles).
- week of 21 Jan. 50 miles. 10, 8, 8, 8, 0, 8, 8. Pace was 10-10:30 except Saturday was faster (8:17).
- week of 28 Jan. 53 miles. 8 every day except 5 on Monday. 10-11 pace except 8:53 on Thursday.
- week of 4 Feb. 53 miles. 8, 9, 7, 8, 5, 8, 8. Same as previous except slower. 4 runs 10:30-11 and 3 at ~10:00.
- week of 11 Feb. 28 miles. 0, 0, 0, 7 (pm), 5, 8, 8. 10-11 pace. Family emergency.
- week of 18 Feb. 60.2 miles. 9, 8, 10, 7, 8, 8, 10. 9:45-10:25 pace except 9:16 on Sunday.
- Started sort of following Bill Squires book (alpha phase, level 11, week 1) about halfway through week.
- Thursday included 6 hill repeats (1:05, 1:06, 1:41, 1:08, 1:05, 1:37).
- Did pickups on Sunday starting at 50 min. Did 1', 1', 2', 1', 1', 2' faster on 5 minutes. "Faster" was maybe HM pace. Who knows?
This was my first week over 60 miles since 3/7/2011. I averaged over 60 mpw in 2008 and only managed a 3:15 marathon, so getting within 30 min is going to be tough!
Weight was 167.8 after long run. Need to lay off the cookies.
