Monday, June 1, 2009

And Now the Slow March of Doom

After five days off from the race, I concluded the month with a six-miler at 9:13 pace. May is done. Here is the statistical rundown:
  • Total Miles: 81 miles (16 runs)
  • Highest Weekly: 28 miles
  • Average Weekly: 13.4 miles
  • Average Pace: 9:19 per mile
  • Longest/Fastest Run: 9 miles, 8:52 pace
  • The Monthly Dif: +22 miles (59 miles in April)
Today marks my official start of marathon training. However, I am still constructing a training plan that will get me ready for a sub-four-hour effort at Akron and my ancillary 2009 race goals. For now, I will rehash my 5-K training. One change: I will mix in more 400-meter intervals during track sessions.

That's all you get today. Don't cry about it.

9 comments:

Vava said...

My eyes are dry, suprisingly. Good luck on your training!

Ian said...

Sounds like someone has a case of the Mondays... or is still a little upset about the Cavs loss over the weekend.

Jess said...

Man, you set the bar high for June's mileage, didn't you?

BrianFlash said...

Lovely 400 meter intervals...that should be fun.

tfh said...

Not a bad way to start marathon training! And I'm pretty sure your recent 5k time predicts a marathon well under 4 hours on all those, erm, highly accurate calculators.

Spike said...

I agree with BrianFlash, more 400m is never fun! that said, I think you will have some revenge and score your sub 4 hour marathon! now don't go proving me wrong like the Caves did...

S said...

I can cry about it if I want to...that said...I don't really want. But still.

Good luck with the extra 400s. Sounds super un-fun.

C said...

Just because you told us not to...

Wah.

ZeroToBoston said...

Go Viper!

May you suffer as your heart desires!

- Dean