I set a few goals going into this race…A - 3:30, B - 3:35, C - 3:40 and D - finish injury free.
I ended up running a 3:49:44. This is 19:44 from my A goal and about 14 minutes from my last marathon, Chicago 2018. For those of you who aren’t runners-that is kind of a big difference. While I know my time is still a great time, it can be disappointing when you feel so far from your A goal.
Read MoreThis coming Sunday I will be running California International Marathon (CIM). My plantar fasciitis is not 100% healed but it is not terrible or getting worse. I’ve been able to complete my training so my plan is to try to run the race and then focus on recovery so I can enter my next training cycle with zero pain.
Read MoreI’m a data nerd and one of the reasons I love my Garmin is to see how accurate the data is that it is collecting.
Race prediction times have been a feature of Garmin for some time now. Unfortunately, I don’t really have much faith in these predictions. According to the data in the past, I should have be able to run ~3:11 marathon which would be lovely but not realistic for my fitness level at that time. Even if the data is not so accurate, I like to see how the data improves and use it to inform my training. It’s like energy modeling, you really look at the relative change, not the exact numbers.
Read MoreI’ve been using the Hal Higdon Advanced 2 training program and it’s week 7 out of 18 for CIM. It had been going really well until this week when my right foot, ankle and hip started to feel really inflamed and sore. I have decided to take a few days rest. I am really disappointed because I was really looking forward to my training runs this weekend. I had an 8 mile pace run and a 16 miler - the highest mileage run this training so far.
Read MoreSometimes I choose a marathon based on location and others it may be on timing. For my 2019 marathon, I had a few different criteria…
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