Sunday, January 4, 2015

2 weeks to start a good base

So the last two weeks have been my start of the base for April Marathon.  I know it's pretty early thinking its 4 and a half out from Boston, but I've learned that without a strong foundation the house tends to fall.  Here is a sample of the training from last week:
Saturday 13 miles
Sunday 12 miles
Monday 6 miles
Tuesday 14 miles
Wednesday 13 miles
Thursday rest
Friday 6 miles
Saturday DRC 10K 36:20 3rd
Sunday 11 miles
As you can tell I was trying to keep teh miles up and other than the race did very little speed work. I did notice that during the DRC race my 5k times were about 1 min difference which probably took into account the tired legs.  Overall, I enjoyed training these last 2 weeks and feel like my training is coming along.  I would like to keep going with the base for the next 2 months, then moving on the the strengths phase of the training.  Right now if I can stay consistent and focus on the miles, I will be in good shape.  After reading Lydiards training I've found that the base is the most important for me, so I definitely want to do base work until February, then March focus on hill work, and to cap it off in April do a week of speed work before going into taper.