BAA Charity Run - 17 Miler

Another good week of training. Finished the week today with a 17 mile run along the marathon route. Started at mile 9 and ran to the finish on Boylston Street. Thanks to all the volunteers who cheered us on and set up water stops. The Newton hills weren't too bad, though I hit them after only running 8 miles, not 17. I'll have to add those hills in my training more often. Kept my pace under 9 minute miles again. My goal of running the marathon under 4 hours seems to more attainable every week. Just have to keep logging the miles.

Saints Win.....WOW

Capped off another week of training by watching a great game tonight. Didn't expect the Saints to pull it off, good for them. This was the first week I ran over 30 miles and my long run today (15.6 miles) was under 9 min/mile pace for the first time. Starting to feel like the training is doing its job.

Halfway There

It's the halfway point in training and so far so good. Looking forward to the weather getting out of the teens, hopefully only a few more weeks of the really cold weather. Looking to start planning my fundraising event at a local bar, should have details soon. Need to keep my donations increasing along with my miles.

15 Miles By Mistake

This Friday I planned on running 13 miles by running the Charles River from my house to Mt. Auburn to the BU Bridge and back. I didn't see an entrance to take the BU bride so I kept going to Mass Ave. Wound up running 14.9. I'll Have to do a better job scouting my long runs in the future. After the run I drove up to Stowe, VT for a ski trip. Got in a good cross training session on the mountain. Wish I could do that more often.

Approaching the Haflway Point...

Got up to 12 miles on Saturday. This was the first Sunday I didn't feel like I got the crap kicked out of me the day before. Just hope it stays this way as I approach 20.

But This One Goes To Eleven...

Like Nigel Tufnel's amp in Spinal Tap, I went to eleven today. Nice sunny day along the Charles, not bad. I got The Stick today, great for post run massages. Wish I got this earlier.

Happy New Year!

Had a pretty good New Years. On 1/1/10 I ran the inaugural 1st Run 10K in Lowell, MA. Had great weather for January. First time I ran a 10K with a pace under 8 min/mile. On Saturday, ran 10 miles with my marathon training team in Grafton. Weather conditions weren't great (middle of a a decent snow storm) but it was a fun run with lots of hills to provide a great work out. Need to more runs like to prepare for Boston in April. Today, I'm definitely feeling it.