Friday, April 15, 2011

Training Progression Comparison

My goal was to exceed 200 miles for March 2011 with quality workouts and adding a fourth or even fifth training day.  I didn't make that goal because of a few factors:

1.  I didn't add a fourth or fifth training day.
2.  I had a taper week before the NYC Half Marathon.
3.  Running my butt off during the NYC Half Marathon resulted in a sore left lateral plantar fascia, which lead to not running for four days after the race.  I don't call it an injury because I was able to walk okay.  It was sore when I tried to run in the house.  I decided to completely rest.

That's okay because I broke 1:25 in the NYC Half Marathon, which is the fastest half marathon I completed since I ran a 1:20:12 on Guam on February 27, 1983!

This is the breakdown comparing this year's Boston training program to last year's:

November 2009 - 51.15 miles (longest run:  26.2 miles-NYC Marathon on 11/01).
November 2010 - 76.56 miles (longest run: 13.10 miles on 11/22).

December 2009 - 12.26 miles (longest run: 5.0 miles on 12/03 and 12/07).
December 2010 - 123.74 miles (longest run: 17.11 miles on 1/26).

January 2010 - 81.91 miles (longest run: 15.0 miles on 1/27).
January 2011 - 124.93 miles (longest run: 18.06 miles on 1/26).

February 2010 - 105.14 miles (longest run: 18.00 miles on 2/24).
February 2011 - 113.17 miles (longest run: 18.33 miles on 2/15).

March 2010 - 158.52 miles (longest run: 23.0 miles on 3/31).
March 2011 - 152.78 miles (longest run: 20.10 on 3/30).

Always a Runner...

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