Apr 30
Just a couple weeks of training left before the Ogden Marathon. I’ve been doing a little bit better lately and I hope that will continue through the marathon. I’ve done a couple of bricks with the bike followed by a run and I have to say that I’m really enjoying the bike riding more than I thought I would.
Ryan and I rode 20 miles and ran 4 miles in the brick that we did last night. The run was pretty good for me at around a 8 minute pace. Last Saturday we ran 10 miles and the paces on the last four miles were 8:13, 8:03, 7:45 and 7:00. I was really happy with those last two runs. I’d love to be able to keep up an 8:30 to 8:45 pace through the marathon.
Last Sunday we did a 60 mile bike ride. This was the longest ride I’d done by 25 miles. I had done 35 the Wednesday before.
16 mile run on Saturday, wish me luck.
Keep moving!
Apr 21
Saturday we had our last 20 mile run. This one was much better than the last. This is a good feeling to end on with the long runs. Just 3 more training Saturdays before the Ogden Marathon.
After Shane, Brent, Lorin and I finished running our 20 we went to watch the finish of The Race to Robie Creek. Everyone in the group that ran this year did well with Ryan leading the pack with a time of 1:43. Good thing I wasn’t doing Robie this year to beat him.
Sunday we Mountain Bike Riding on Trail #6, #5 and Shane’s Loop. Brent and Shane took us on a nice rat maze again. Most of trail 5 was torn up pretty good by motor bikes which made climbing the extremely steep hills even more difficult. I found out the cure for a hangover though, mountain biking 14 miles. Ryan, Shane, Brent and I road on Sunday.
Shane decided Monday night that we hadn’t put our legs through enough punishment so we road his favorite route on our road bikes again. We put in 25 miles which felt pretty decent considering the previous two days.
I’ve been meaning to track our training but haven’t done a very good job. Shane has been documenting things pretty well on his blog at http://shaneshalfironman.blogspot.com
Apr 10
My first ride home on my bike was a good one this Tuesday. I have a buddy at work that rides in and back and he showed me a nice route with very little car traffic. I hope to make this something that I’ll do quite often. It is actually a lot nicer than trying to navigate the rush time traffic. It’s about a 16 or 17 mile commute each way. I hope to be able to do a few rides in and back but this time I caught a ride in with a friend that has a bike rack and just made the ride back home.
Until next time, keep moving.
Apr 06
Oh the run this weekend was painful. Last weekend I did a 12 mile hill run and decided it would be a smart idea to take a 24 mile bike ride. This is the first bike ride I’ve taken in quite some time. Needless to say I didn’t fully recover for the 20 mile run this weekend.
Along with the bike ride I decide to try a new ab workout this weekend which involved the entire core including my hip flexors. I was still feeling this on Saturday.
It started out nice, weather was great and we were running at a good pace, but by mile 11 I knew I was in trouble.
But I finished and that is the main goal of any 20 miler for me. I had to do some walking that I haven’t had to do in the last 3 20 milers but I still finished in just under 3:05, which for me isn’t too bad.
Just a few more long runs before Ogden Marathon on Saturday May 16th 2009.
