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Sun, Mar 28, 2010

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
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Beautiful run out in Nibley. I had to do a tempo run tonight but still worried about the hit on my hip and running a downhill race Saturday. Also I can't figure out how to marathon train through this week with a half marathon Saturday and the next as well. I have to do a long run in the morning and don't think I can recover by Sat!

Great church meetings today in a new ward and I'm going to love it. The girls and I had a great weekend. I started out my run tonight and ran for a mile with a road biker who slowed down enough to talk to me for a mile or so. He made me laugh when he said I had the funniest stride he'd ever seen because that's what my high school track coach had told me. It reminded me of the afternoon at the Nationals when my coach said he didn't think I had a lick of talent, I was just missing the part of my brain that registered pain..

10 miles @ 1:02. Just a bit slower than pace.

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Comments

From Jon on Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 01:13:51 from 75.169.155.155

Not a lick of talent, just no pain, huh? Nice.

From Rob Murphy on Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 14:03:13 from 205.127.70.66

Steve, I too worry about racing too much. It definitely does interfere with your training. Although I think half marathons are a definite benefit in marathon prep. Just do a mile warm up and three or four miles after and you have yourself a long run. But they definitely take time to recover from.

Nice! 10 miles in 1:02.

From Steve on Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 16:00:39 from 68.28.51.119

Problem is I want to use two training concepts this year more. One is the long fast run which is consistant runs over 10 miles at close to half marathon pace. I guess a few half marathons would count for that. The other is long runs over marathon distance. That's hard to work in with half training because they wear you down!

From Rob Murphy on Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 16:18:28 from 205.127.70.66

Those are both good ideas. When you are preparing to race distances of different lengths you have to think in terms of workouts that will give you more bang for your buck. Here's a workout I do that you might want to try.

65 minutes on a treadmill

2 minutes at 7.5 mph

2 minutes at 8.5 mph

2 minutes at 9.5 mph

4 minutes at 10.5 mph

2 minutes at 7.5 mph

2 minutes at 8.5 mph

and so on...

each cycle from 7 to 10 lasts 10 minutes. Repeat 6 times. Cool down for 5 minutes. Great run. It requires real mental focus and is great for everything from the 5k to the marathon. If you do it, I'd love to know how it goes.

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