Week 1 (Feb 28 – Mar 5)
Sunday
Off – travel (note: I hate West coast-to-East coast travel more than anything in the world)
Monday
Off
Tuesday
Afternoon workout – :45 with a 10 minute tempo in the middle. The tempo section was pretty uphill and into the wind, so it wasn’t the confidence builder that I was hoping it would be, but it at least felt nice to get the legs moving.
Wednesday
Off
Thursday
Morning bike – :30 in White Building
Friday
Off
Saturday
Afternoon run – :30 run at Blue Marsh Recreational Area, where the Naked Bavarian is going to be tomorrow. It is very pretty out there (even though there’s no leaves on any trees and everything is dead). It definitely doesn’t seem like it’s that hilly, which will probably make for a fast race tomorrow.
Week 2 (Mar 6 – Mar 12)
Sunday
Monday
Off (duh)
Tuesday
Afternoon bike – 1:00 outside (!!!) out and back on Whitehall; I’m amazed at just how attached I feel to bike. I can honestly understand why people drop thousands of dollars on bikes and bike equipment. It really is a ton of fun, and definitely a great recovery tool.
Wednesday
Afternoon run – 1:00 with Gary at Scotia; I have a little arch(?) pain in my left foot and my legs got tired at about 45 minutes, but other than that, I’m running pretty well.
Thursday
Off, but my arch/foot is feeling better
Friday
Afternoon bike – 1:30 out east of town; outside of failing to unclip at a busy intersection and completely eating it while like 20 cars drove by, it was a fun ride, and definitely more useful than running
Saturday
Morning run – 1:45 on the fire roads at Tussey with Gary and a couple of his buddies; we averaged sub-8 pace, and although it was a bit quicker than I was thinking it was going to be, it was still pretty enjoyable. We need to start doing more of these fire road runs to keep some speed in there.
Week 3 (3-13 to 3-19)
Sunday
Morning run – 2:30 out at Shingletown with Gary; we had three pretty substantial climbs and still averaged in between 10 and 11 min/mile, so it was definitely a run that made us work pretty hard. It was also pretty slick with the rain, so the trails were even more technical than they normally are.
Monday
Morning lift
Tuesday
Morning bike – :30 in white Building
Afternoon workout – 12 x 1 minute up Sunset hill; I did it with Jacob, and we were continually making it past the tree that we normally get to, so it seemed like we were doing better than normal. Hopefully I’ll be able to carry some of this speed into Boston, but I know I should probably try to hit the track once or twice before then.
Wednesday
Morning workout – the 26 hours from the Tuesday morning bike through the Wednesday noon run are definitely the hardest of the week.
Afternoon run – 1:00 with Gary at Scotia; legs are definitely tired, but it was a good run. Twas very warm, so it was sweaty, which is so nice to have in mid March
Thursday
Morning bike – :30 in White Building
Afternoon run – :50 with Allie around campus; my legs are definitely tired
Friday
Off – I got off work late, and I was waaaaaaaay too tired to run before going to The Machine
Saturday
Morning run – 3:00 with Gary and Boggs at Shingletown; it was definitely a little cold, and there was a ton of climbing. It was honestly a good 3 hours, and my legs were definitely sore after, but we were moving pretty well through the entire time.
Week 4 (3-20 to 3-26)
Sunday
Morning run – 1:45 with Gary, Boggs, and two other people who came out for the Anthym group run at Scotia; we moved pretty well though the big loop and little loop that we did. It was definitely faster than I was anticipating, but even with that 3 hour run yesterday, I felt good.
Monday
Morning lift
Tuesday
Morning bike – :30 at White Building
Afternoon workout – 3 x (1, 2, 3) fartlek with 60 seconds in between. I didn’t feel that bad, but it wasn’t that long of a workout. We’ll see how my hour tempo is this weekend.
Wednesday
Morning lift
Afternoon run – :60 with Gary at Scotia
Thursday
Afternoon run – :60 with Allue at Tussey. It was my birthday so I forced her to come.
Friday
Afternoon run – :60 on roads; drove down to Pittsburgh for Easter in the afternoon so I had to do it earlier.
Saturday
Morning workout – :60 tempo with Allie biking next to me. We did this at North Park, so there were a good amount of hills. I was able to hit almost exactly 6 minute pace for the hour (probably got like 6:02 or so), so it was a very promising pre-Boston workout.
Week 5 (3-27 to 4-2)
Sunday
Morning run – :45 with Allie at North Park
Monday
Morning lift
Afternoon run – :45 on roads
Tuesday
Morning bike – :30 in White Building
Afternoon workout – 10 min tempo (5:55-6 min/mile pace), followed be 5 x 1 min “hard” with 1 minute rest between; it was a relatively short workout, but with the speed, it turned out to be pretty hard on the legs. It was a great workout to have a few weeks out from Boston.
Wednesday
Morning lift
Afternoon run – 1:00 with Gary and Mike out on the Lower Trail of Shingletown
Thursday
Morning bike – :30 in White Building
Afternoon run – 1:00 of very painful running out on AccuWeather trails; I don’t know why my legs are so dead, but with a 3 hour run on Saturday, I’m expecting a tough weekend.
Friday
Off
Saturday
Morning run – 3:30 on an extended Ironstone loop with Gary and Boogs; very hilly, steep climbs and super technical. We were all dead and dehydrated by the end of it, but it was a nice feeling to be able to finish a run like that when my legs were still dead from the last week. I think it’s time to think about tapering for Boston.
Steeples and Sunglasses 
Glad you made it back safely! Love–Mom
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