Sunday, January 9, 2011

Day 69 – 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 – 85 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 8, 2011 -

AM -
Workout - Continuous tempo run like this - 
2 miles @ 6:20 mile pace (12:40)
Next mile @ 5:30
Next mile @ 5:20
Next 2 miles @ 5:15 (10:30)
Last 2 miles @ 6:20 (12:40).

This was run in a controlled environment on the treadmill.  The first faster mile at 5:30 actually felt the toughest.  Once I got through the first mile the last 3 miles felt good and fairly relaxed.  My effort level for this workout was about 75-80% of my max at this point in time.

PM - 4 miles @ 6:30 mile pace (26:00).  I did this run about 4 hours after this mornings workout.  Felt good, nice rhythm I got into and stretched well after the run. 

I've got 15 mile long run @ 6:15 mile pace tomorrow.  I will have a video on how it went.

Eric Wallor

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