Sunday, January 2, 2011

Day 62 & 63 – 2012 United States Olympic Marathon Trials Journey

United States Olympic Trials Marathon Qualifying Standard – 2:19:00 or under
My goal – 2:18:59 or under
Current PR – 2:30:03
Current Week’s Mileage Goal – 80 miles
Next Race – 1 mile and 800m on Friday, January 14, 2011 @ Lewis University in Romeoville, IL
3000m on Saturday, January 22, 2011 @ University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (My Alma Mater) in Champaign, IL

Saturday, January 1, 2011 -  6 miles @ 6:30 pace (39:00).  I was tired for this run, I definitely felt the hard hill workout from yesterday.  I ended up running @ 6:40 pace.  It was also pretty cold compared to yesterday when it was almost 60 degrees, it was about 25 degrees when I ran in the afternoon.

Sunday, January 2, 2011 - 15 mile long run @ 6:15 mile pace (1:34:00).  I did an out and back heading north on the LSD Path.  The wind was partially in my face to start, but I was steal feeling a little fatigued from the hill workout on Friday.  I started to get into a good rhythm at about mile 4.  I ended up running 1:35:00 for the run which is 6:19 per mile pace.  I was still in the right training zone of where I needed to be and the last 4.5-5 miles I was really rolling at sub 6:10 mile pace.  It was nice to sunny day so a lot of people were out running and I even saw my good friend Matt Flaherty and ran with him for about a mile.

Talk to you tomorrow.


Eric Wallor

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