Philadelphia Marathon 2016: 6 Weeks to Race

October 10rd to 16th – 6 Weeks to Race Day!

Monday

Off Day

 

Tuesday

Workout 1: 1hr 15min Bike Ride

Easy spin to increase blood circulation and promote recovery. Keep this very conversational in effort, RPE-5.

 

Workout 2: 2600 year swim

wu: swim, kick, pull, swim (200 each)

Drill set: 4X [ 50drill, 50swim, 50kick] :15

Main: 10X100 on 1:50

cd: 200 choice

 

  

Wednesday

Workout: 2 by 30min Steady State Run

wu: 15min, RPE-5 ( 9:00/mile or slower)

Main: 2X30min, RPE-7 ( 8:40-8:20/mile) HR- 150-160bpm. RBI= 4min easy running (9:00/mile or <)

cd: 15min easy, (9:00/mile or <).

Results

• 1st 30min Steady State: X:XX min/mile Avg HR 138bpm Max HR 146bpm 169 cadence
• 2nd 30min Steady State: X:XX min/mile Avg HR 148bpm Max HR 156bpm 177 cadence
• Total Duration: 1hr 35min
• Total Distance: 10.44 miles
• Avg Pace 9:08 min/mile
• Avg HR 142 bpm
• Avg Cadence: 174 spm

Nutrition

• Start: 1 bananna & 1 gel
• 12oz water
• 1 gel
• 8 base salt licks

Thoughts

All in All it was a good workout, I am looking forward to tomorrows recovery run and my legs feeling a little better and less sore.

 

Thursday

Workout: 1.5hr Enurance Run

8:50-9:30/mile, RPE-6. Keep this effort conversational

Results

• Duration: 1hr XXmin
• Distance: XX miles
• Avg Pace: XX mile/min
• Avg HR: XXX bpm
• Avg Cadence: XX rpm

Nutrition

 

Thoughts

 

Friday

Workout: 45min Recovery Run

9:30/mile or slower, RPE-5.

Results

• Duration: 1hr XXmin
• Distance: XX miles
• Avg Pace: XX mile/min
• Avg HR: XXX bpm
• Avg Cadence: XX rpm

Nutrition

Thoughts

 

Saturday

Workout: 2hr Progression Endurance Runs 

Progression Endurance Run->

Run Endurance effort, RPE-6 (9:30-8:40/mile) for first hour. Finish last hour @ 8:40-8:25/mile

5min walk recovery after run.

 

Results:

 Nutrition

 Thoughts

 

Sunday

Workout: 3hr Endurance Run

11:07-7:33/mile, All day pace, RPE-6.

Progressively build from 9:00/mile to low 8:00/mile over the 3hrs.

Take 20-30sec a mile off per hour of running.

Results:

• 1st Hour: 9:21 min/mile Avg HR 136bpm Max HR 169bpm 168 cadence
• 2nd Hour: 8::50 min/mile Avg HR 142bpm Max HR 149bpm 170 cadence
• 3rd Hour: 9:09 min/mile Avg HR 146bpm Max HR 153bpm 168 cadence
• Total Duration: 3hr 02min
• Total Distance: 20.01 miles
• Avg Pace 9:07 min/mile
• Avg HR 142 bpm
• Avg Cadence: 170 spm 

• Start: Bananna & Gu Gell
• Mile 5: Gu Gel
• 1hr 12oz water & Gu Gel
• 2hr 12oz water & Gu Gel
• 2:30hr 12oz water & Gu Gel
• 3hr Run Over Drank 20oz water
• Base Salt: About 13 licks during the entire run.
• Total Water: 48oz
• 1 Gel at Start + 3 Gel During
• 3770mg of Sodium

This was my longest run so far. I was surprised to see that I had made it 20 miles at the end.

My Plan was to run the first hour at 9:20, 2nd hour at 8:50, 3rd hour at 8:20. The firs two hours were pretty much right on, the third hour not so much. Here are a few reasons why.

The first hour had a long downhill, so that made it easier to keep the pace plus I was just starting out so I felt good.

The second hour was pretty much flat and I planned to turn around at the 30 min mark of this hour.  I was some work but I was able to keep the pace at 8:50, I was starting to feel it by the end of the 2nd hour.

The third hour besides being the last and the fastest had a big uphill in it. The same up

What I Learned:

 

 

 

Week Review