BQ by 40

The pants that I bought at the outlet after my first marathon in OBX (Nov 2007) are now at least 3″ too big. That was a year and half after starting running and 45 pounds lost. I’ve also dropped about 20 pounds since.

Pre-running: 40″ Now: 32″

I’ve logged 5555.5 running [and run-walking] miles since I started In April 2007.

I also completed my second 70-mile week ever this week, roughly 8 weeks after my first.

Tons of mileage volume, but how to turn it into marathon-distance speed is the question I’m struggling with now.

Ok, clarification…  the help I seek is with my plan, not with my sanity.

Working on a 70-mile week, goal marathon 11/8.

[Training log summary]

Should I push through to 80 miles over the next 4 weeks or down to the 50-60 mile range and work on pacing?  Currently, my easy runs are in the mid-upper 9s, but with rest days, probably would be in the mid-8s.

Any thoughts?

My best marathon performance ever (by 50 minutes) was on a 6/12/18 week average of a 45/46/47 miles.  Current stats on my 6/12/18 week averages are 56/49/40 miles.  That PR marathon was on a ramp up to 60 through February 17th, with races of 5k/10k/10Mile/half in between then and a May 4th marathon.

I guess it’s a good sign that I could finish a long run with any legs at all given that I’ve run my first back-to-back 60+ mile weeks ever.  I just hate feeling like my legs are dead on a training run. I did, however, manage a first half/second half negative split yet again. Of course, this probably means that I need a 2 mile warm-up for my marathons now–my legs don’t get moving until after the first mile.

Hopefully, I’ve strung together a nice, steady, mileage buildup:

For those of you in the Louisvile area–yes, you can run along Hurstbourne Pkwy and Taylorville Rd:

Saucony Trigon Ride 5 with 328 miles

My other Saucony Trigon Ride 5s have lasted 530 miles before showing this much wear. I may have about 10% more road mileage (vs treadmill) than my last pair of shoes, but my last pair of shoes never reached this amount of wear.