Just Keep Moving!

Good morning.

I guess we are getting closer to official Boston Marathon training. It is hard to believe that it's already time to focus on Beantown. My approach for this race will consist of a mix of triathlon and marathon training.

I prepared for this past Boston and Chicago Marathons using this approach and had great success. I PR'ed in both races, Boston: 3:32:00 and Chicago: 3:29:29.

As I triathlon cross trained my way to marathon success it was difficult for me to trust this method. Some experienced triathlon friends encouraged me to believe that I did not need "TONS" of running miles to achieve marathon success. I did follow their advice and it worked.

I think tri-training, with it's mix of swimming, biking and running gives the various bodily muscles recovery time while you work on the different tri-dicsiplines.

So, I will do this again. I may make some adjustments to fit in slightly more mileage because I have bagged some serious triathlon fitness. Most of my miles will be running and biking with a couple swims per week.

Something else I've been doing, which I've actually never done, is focus on some ab and core work. I am using P90X Ab Ripper for this. I was surprised at how week my core was. I am slowly improving with this. Also, I am enjoying the other various P90X DVD's and mix in workouts throughout the week. The P90X legs and back is a real leg killer.

Today I already did ab ripper and will pick the chest back and arms DVD later for a great upper body workout to be followed by a bike session.

Yesterday I went for a 6 mile run outdoors. The temp was in the teens but it was not bothersome. With today's great running gear it seems like the elements are much less a factor. I was surprised at how high my heart rate was for this effort. Maybe I was over dressed.

Split Time Moving Time Distance Elevation Gain Elevation Loss Avg Pace Avg Moving Pace Best Pace Avg HR Max HR Steps Calories
1 0:09:53 0:09:32 1 0 4 9:53 9:32 4:25 111 127 0 63
2 0:08:15 0:08:14 1 9 0 8:15 8:14 5:12 130 138 0 63
3 0:08:17 0:08:14 1 3 0 8:17 8:14 6:18 132 138 0 61
4 0:08:23 0:08:22 1 0 4 8:23 8:22 6:25 136 141 0 65
5 0:08:20 0:08:20 1 0 4 8:20 8:20 6:32 139 146 0 65
6 0:08:21 0:08:04 1 6 8 8:21 8:04 7:06 137 144 0 60
7 0:00:26 0:00:25 0.05 0 0 8:16 7:54 7:37 143 144 0 3
Summary 0:51:59 0:51:11 6.05 18 20 8:35 8:27 4:25 130 146 0 380



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" Beyond the very extreme of fatigue and distress, we may find amounts of ease and power we never dreamed ourselves to own, sources of strength never taxed at all because we never push through the obstruction."

* It takes courage to push yourself to places that you have never been before... to test your limits... to break through barriers. And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” - Anais Nin