Posted by David Hanenburg on 30 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: weekly review
I have just completed my second solid week of marathon prep training and it feels good to have survived. This week was especially tough with the Yassos included as one of the three key workouts of the week. (key wo#1, key wo#2, key wo#3) The Weekly Low-Down: run: 63 miles (6 sessions: 7, 9, 5, [...]
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Posted by David Hanenburg on 30 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: marathon, running, training
The final key workout of the week included my long run with a strong finish on Saturday morning. My goal was to run 25 miles broken up as follows: 15 miles at 8:10 min/mile pace (This effort would be defined as an aerobic long run type of pace.) 10 miles of 7:00 min/mile pace (This [...]
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Posted by David Hanenburg on 28 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: marathon, running, training
Thursday morning was my second key workout of the week and it involved Yasso 800s on the treadmill. Yasso’s are one of the marathon predictor workouts that let you know if you don’t have the current fitness for your goal pace. The workout involves a set of 800m intervals completed at your marathon finish time [...]
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Posted by David Hanenburg on 26 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: marathon, race reports, road running, running
In preparation for any race it is beneficial to know the course. One way of doing this is to read other people’s race reports. With Boston only about a month away, I thought I would hunt around and find some Boston race reports to add to the preparation toolkit. Enjoy! I have grouped the reports [...]
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Posted by David Hanenburg on 25 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: trail running or ultrarunning, triathlon
Three time Ironman Triathlon World Champion Peter Reid announced/hinted on his blog that he may continue his competitive spirit on the trail. Yes, Peter Reid may be taking on the ultra running scene with specific interest in the Western States 100 in 2009. This is going to be fun to follow!
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Posted by David Hanenburg on 25 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: marathon, running, training
Here is the first completed key workout of the week. It was a nine mile run with 30 minutes of tempo work inserted in the middle. I was a bit concerned how the body would respond to the effort. Last week the tempo work was very tough mentally but today I seemed to make a [...]
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Posted by David Hanenburg on 24 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: weekly review
Most of the main action from the week can be read in my previous post documenting my key workouts for the week. …the rest of the story. The Weekly Low-Down: run: 53.5 miles (4 sessions: 9, 5, 9, 30.5 ) bike: 45 mins weights/core: 2 Crossfit-type sessions The next week is already in progress…buckle up!
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