Week 1

 July 18-July 23

The first week of training is always exciting because I am super motivated.  I still have to get up rather early to run (5am) and that doesn't even guarantee that it won't be overly sunny.  The sun rises here at 4:30am in the summer time.  It is a good thing that I have been running since May because now it is a matter of training my body to adjust to humidity.  For now I will take 2 days of rest and then slowly work towards only 1 day off.  At this point I am aiming to run the marathon somewhere between 3:20 and 3:30 so my marathon goal pace will be between 7:40-8:00 min/mile.  My easy runs should be somewhere between 8:30-8:40 min/mile.  After I get through the humid summer and more into my training I will bump that closer to the 8:15-8:25 min/mile range.  All of my runs end in a half mile hill to get back to my house.  At least my legs will get strong fast!  


MONDAY

4 miles easy

Projected:  4.00 miles
Actual:  4.09 miles

Time:  33:58
Moving Time: 33:24

Avg. Pace:  8:18 min/mile
Avg Moving Pace:  8:00 min/mile 

Splits (9:03, 8:15, 8:34, 7:26)


TUESDAY

4 miles easy

Projected:  4.00 miles
Actual:  4.00 miles

Time:  34:17
Moving Time:  32:54

Avg. Pace:  8:34 min/mile
Avg Moving Pace:  8:13 min/mile

Splits (8:19, 8:28, 8:23, 9:05)


WEDNESDAY

Rest


THURSDAY

6 miles hills

Projected:  6.00 miles
Actual:  6.15 miles

Time:  53:56
Moving Time:  53:18
Avg Moving Pace:  8:39 min/mile

Elevation Gain:  592 ft
Elevation Loss:  603 ft


FRIDAY

5 miles easy

Projected:  5.00 miles
Actual:  5.10 miles

Time: 44:24
Moving Time: 43:28
Avg Moving Pace:  8:31 min/mile

Splits (8:49, 8:30, 8:40, 8:31, 8:56)


SATURDAY

10 miles easy

Projected:  10 miles
Actual:  9.12 miles

Time: 1:26:01
Moving Time: 1:23:50
Avg Moving Pace:  9:11 min/mile


TOTAL WEEKLY MILEAGE:  28.44 miles