BQ by 40

After weeks and weeks of building mileage and mostly running slowly, I’m ready to start testing the waters a little bit on what my legs actually have in them.

If my mileage stays steady, it looks like my legs currently have roughly a comfortable 8:30 pace in them.  After a mile warm-up (slight uphill for a 1/2 mile), I was able to steadily pace below 8:30 pace.  Pushing tempo slightly got me mostly below 7:30 pace.

The question is, do I have sub-3:30 marathon strength yet, or even sub-20 5k strength?  Race day is such a different animal that training, and feats that you can’t get near in training suddenly happen on race day.

RunningAHEAD – Strings_n_88keys’s log: View Workout.

• Sockless in the Mizuno Wave Rider 9s, 3.1 miles. #twit2fit Streak day 8. I broke out my first model of running shoes (Mizuno Wave Rider 9s) to run tonight, to see if the running in them affects me differently than in my other shoes.  Since my thin socks are just about completely worn out, I ran in my shoes without......
• New Workout Type: Jogging Failboat #twit2fit I took my 8 month old for a 4 1/2 mile runjog in the jogging strollerfailboat.  I'm already slightly unaccustomed to running in the sunny warm weather, running on hills, running without foam cushioning (used my Mizunos today).  I decided to add to that a nice bulky jogging stroller......
• Nice progressive pace run on a double-run day #twit2fit #running One pitfall that I've fallen into is not being able to push the pace as necessary on my runs.  The beauty of this run is that it was both the second run of the day and got me to 25 miles in two days: The first mile went off at......
• Progressive Long Run (16 miles) while watching the game #twit2fit #running One of the things that's great about football season is that you can easily do a long run on the treadmill while watching the game.  I did mine today at home on my Sole F80 at a 1% incline (watching the UofL-UK game). I've been doing my long runs at......
• 25 weeks to go #twit2fit The OBX marathon is on November 8, 2009.  That's 25 weeks away.  That's also a long way to go for someone who has not put 25 weeks of running together in over a year. I just completed my first 40 mile week in over three months, finishing with a 6.9......