So when we last left off I was transitioning from Triathlon training
into Marathon training, the last 3 weeks have gone just awesome… so well in
fact that I have made the decision to add an additional marathon to my schedule
about 8 weeks ahead of my original plan.
I had been ramping up my miles and training specifically for the Madison
Marathon in November however after completing several 20+ mile runs feeling
great and recently PR’ing my ½ marathon time with a 1:23 I feel like hitting a
sub 3:05 to qualify for Boston is within my reach.
So the first stop on the train to Boston will be the Quad
Cities Marathon in Davenport, Iowa on September 28th and I hope to
hit a 3:02 time with a secondary goal of sub 3 hours. The course at Quad Cities is pretty flat and
fast, a contrast to the more hilly Madison course so I think it will be a good
pick as my first attempt to BQ… it is
also a very well organized and fun race, I ran the relay there last year and
had a great time with it. My game plan
right now is to start off around a 6:50 pace which would put me just below a
3:00 time and if I feel well I’ll try and push a bit at the end. This is all new to me and I plan to make
mistakes but hopefully none that will affect my time too much.
Looking ahead past Quad Cities I have a 50K trail race in
Waterloo/Cedar Falls on October 11th and then the Madison Marathon
on November 9th. To conquer
these two in a decent time I plan on doing a shorter 2 week taper for Quad
Cities and plan on picking back up on my original plan following the QC race
this month. Depending on how everything goes
in QC I may cut back the intensity and just enjoy the ride for the remainder of
the year but knowing me that is very doubtful J. I am
very excited to test my legs these next couple months to see how I do in the
longer races, I’m still a marathon newbie but I’m hoping after this autumn crash
course I’ll feel much more comfortable moving into next year where I’ve already
set some pretty large goals for myself.
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