Boston Training, Week 12

This week started off pretty rough but all in all, another good week.

Tuesday - 10 mile hill workout at 8:41 pace. I thought I was getting my legs back last week but I had no energy again today. I just pushed through it.

Wednesday - 3.4 miles on treadmill at 9:00 pace. Legs were tired all day. Took it easy and did the bare minimum.

Thursday - 8 miles at 8:20 pace. Nice running weather, stayed mostly on the flat bike path and enjoyed the pace. Legs felt a bit better today.

Saturday - 4.8 miles at 9:13 recovery pace. Mostly just a warm up run for Sunday's race. Did a few light strides and made sure I didn't push too hard. Legs felt good.

Sunday - 13.1 miles at 7:58 pace. This was the Mill Creek Distance Classic. A very hilly, challenging half marathon. My goals were to run this between 7:55-8:00 pace and be able to finish strong. Both goals were met. This was a very good Boston prep course. Not bad running weather other than the fact that we ran almost the entire race in the pouring rain.

I'm writing this on Tuesday, two days after the race and my legs feel like I ran a marathon. So I'm taking today and tomorrow off and I'll pick it up again on Thursday and go from there. Only three weeks until taper so I don't want to screw up now. The most important goal for this week is to get my legs back to full strength as quickly as possible and be able to hit the next two weeks hard and strong. If I can do that, I think my chances of running a respectable race in Boston will be good.