It seems that so much of marathoning is the constant counting. My brain hurts.
Today marks 22 weeks until the Seattle marathon, which is 4 more weeks until official training begins.
In order to hit my goal of 3:45 (225 minutes), I will need to average 8:34 min/mile.
Today begins the building of a 30-40 mile week.
In order to hit 30 miles for the week, I’ll need to run a 6-8 miler during lunch.
In order to make a 6 miler at lunch with shower time, I will need to average roughly a 8 min mile =48 minutes which gives me 5-7 minutes to shower and 5-7 minutes to change and walk to and from my desk to the gym.
Get the picture?
I LOVE my Garmin 405… it provides me with real time pace and distance as I am running. But it has been a blessing and a curse. I can’t get myself to stop looking at the clock as I run. I seriously need to get a few runs in w/out my Garmin and try to enjoy the run and feel the run.
Sigh, well not today. Maybe another…
One race, one mile, and one step at a time,
Jeff
1/24/11
7M – 55:30 felt incredible
803/759/810/808/732/744/751
1040cals
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