October 2009
9 posts
WatchRETRO WEDNESDAYS: ON FRIDAY FOR SOME REASON
TRAINING GOES ON...
I HAVE TRANSITIONED FROM MARATHON RIGHT BACK INTO TRAINING WITH EASE THIS WEEK. I NEW I WAS IN GOOD SHAPE WHEN I WENT OUT FOR 10KM THE MONDAY MORNING AFTER RVM AND HAD NO SORENESS AND HIT 6 MINUTE MILE PACE RIGHT OUT THE DOOR. IT WAS NICE TO BE BACK IN NANAIMO FOR THAT RUN TOO AND TO BE ABLE TO CIRCLE ROUND THE LAKE WHERE I HAVE DONE MUCH OF MY RUNNING TO DATE.
I DID TAKE IT RELATIVELY EASY BY...
Victoria Marathon
Well the Marathon went about as good as Richard and I had expected. Regardless of my recent 10 km road race performance I was still coming into this marathon with minimal training behind me( 6 weeks total) so our expectations were not that ambitious. The plan was to run through half way in about 1:10, then try to even split or come back a bit quicker.
As it turned out I had some company...
Feeling Better This Time Around
I am here in Victoria and ready to run the RVM. Since my last update training has gone well. I have done all the workouts that we had planned for this short build-up and they have all gone as planned.
After the 15 mile simulation workout and a late night that night I picked up a bug. I looked at it as a good sign as it would be much better to catch some thing 2 weeks out from a big race instead...
WatchRETRO WEDNESDAYS
