I am officially in training for the Houston Marathon this
coming January. My goal is to post a
Boston Marathon qualifying time. For my
age group that time is 3:25 or a 7:49 mile.
I have set a goal of running a 7:40
pace to build in a cushion.
I have a base of over six hundred miles of running in this
year and I have modified a Hal Higdon’s Advance 1 Plan to fit my schedule to be
my training plan. All my training in
the past has never included speed work, it has been about base. This plan includes speed work and race pace
training. I anticipate intervals to be
a challenge for me.
This morning was the five mile at race pace. Mentally I felt that it would be the reality
check on my goal of qualifying for Boston.
I am very excited that I paced at 7:35 miles. In no way could I have done that pace for 5.3
miles four more times, but I have hope.
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