Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Week 24 - Week of April 11th

Final week before the Boston Marathon! Reduced mileage, but kept the intensity up.  I feel really good about this race, but of course, I can't control the weather!

April 12 - Easy 6/Tempo 8 at John A. Phillips Park. Ran the first six miles easy (splits = 7:30, 7:26, 7:34, 7:24, 7:18, 7:12), then the last eight as a tempo run (splits = 7:01, 6:56, 7:00, 6:54, 6:43, 6:27). Felt good throughout. Total Miles = 14 in 1:39:40 (7:06 p/mi).
Weather - 64/64/63%; NNW9; Cloudy.
Weight After Run = 139.
Shoes - Nike LunarGlide+2 (orange).

April 13 - Marloboro Retro Fitness: 6's and 7's. Ran one mile for warm-up, followed with 5 x 6's and 7's (6% for 90 seconds, 0% for 60 seconds, 7% for 60 seconds, 0% for 120 seconds. Inclines were at marathon pace (7:13 p/mi) and recovery was at 10:00 p/mi). Ran one mile cood down, the two mile tempo run. Felt strong and felt I could do another five sets!  Total Miles = 8.30 in 1:10:00 (8:25 p/mi).
Weather - Indoors.
Weight After Run = 138.
Shoes - Sacony Kinvara (red).

April 15 - John A. Phillips Park: Easy 5-miler in 36:13 (7:14 p/mi). Everytime I want to run an easy run using my Saucony Kinvara, I end up running at marathon pace! Looks like I'll use these shoes for Boston!
Weather - 49/43/56%; ESE14; Mostly Cloudy.
Weight After Run = 139.
Shoes - Saucony Kinvara (red).

TOTAL MILEAGE WEEK 24 = 27.30

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