Today in marathon training is supposed to be a rest day and tomorrow a CrossFit/Bootcamp day, but I switched the two and joined the 6:00am “Derringer” workout. We had a BIG crowd today! Good news: I did not get sent home after I kicked Donna in the head. That’s a crime just to kick her,…
Tag: marathon
Day 1: Figure Out Pace
I know how to set a good pace for myself for any race up to 10km, but today’s training called for one mile at an easy pace (9:29 per mile), three miles at medium pace (8:09 per mile), and one final mile at the easy pace. If I want to live through the marathon —…
Pasadena Marathon
Get this straight… I do not want to run the 2008 Pasadena Marathon. But I have a problem: peer pressure from Ryan and Hope … and a detailed, sensible, well-thought-out five-month training schedule put together by Eric and Jeff have me almost convinced that I will run it. Week #1 of the training schedule starts…