Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Day 51 – 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 Races –
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

Tuesday, December 21, 2010 -

AM - 7 miles @ 6:10 mile pace (43:10).  I ran this on the treadmill again since last night we got about 4 inches of snow in Chicago and I would have little to no chance to run fast outside.  I ran this a little faster than 6:10 pace (43:00) which is 6:07-6:08.  I have a 7 x 800m workout on the treadmill this afternoon.

PM - Workout = 7 x 800m @ 2:27 (4:54 mile pace).

2 mile warm up @ 6:30 mile pace (13:00)

800m #1 - 2:27
800m #2 - 2:27
800m #3 - 2:27
800m #4 - 2:27
800m #5 - 2:27
800m #6 - 2:26
800m #7 - 2:25

2 mile cool down @ 6:30 mile pace (13:00).

I did this workout on the treadmill.  Which meant everything was controlled and I had to keep up to run those times otherwise I would have probably had quite a fall off the treadmill.  We finished the last two 800m's a little faster.  I did 16 miles today on the treadmill, never ever thought I would do something like that.  The workout was good and I would rate it an 8/10 in terms of difficulty because of the amount of mileage I did in the morning, so you're a little tired from that and that there is no room to ease up on the treadmill because you will fall off otherwise. 

Total Miles = 16

Easy day tomorrow.


Eric Wallor

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