Tag: marathon training

  • The BQ(Q) – Joe M

    Joe is someone I have known from the Running Ahead message boards for years. I’m very happy to share his story of recently qualifying for Boston. Congratulations, Joe! Name: Joe Sex: M Age (at time of first BQ): 55 Height: 6’ Weight (at the time of first BQ): 178 At which marathon did you get…

  • Totals for the Week Ending 4.26.2017

    Run Miles for the week: 29 in 4:24:09 Run Miles for the year: 495.5 Projected total miles for the year: 1559.1 Weekly/Daily averages to reach 2k run miles 42.7/6.1 Run Streak: 0 Number of runs that were one stupid mile: 0 Days until I beat my old run streak: n/a Prospect Park loops for the…

  • Totals for the Week Ending 3-8-2015

    Run Miles for the week: 29.8 in 4:53:42 Run Miles for the year: 265,9 Projected total miles for the year: 1427.3 Weekly/Daily averages to reach 2k run miles 41.2/5.9 Run Streak: 2 (10.4/20.8) Number of runs that were one stupid mile: 0 Days until I beat my old run streak: 112 Prospect Park loops for…

  • Totals for the Week Ending 3.1.2015

    Run Miles for the week: 18.3 in 3:00:07 Run Miles for the year: 236.1 Projected total miles for the year: 1436.3 Weekly/Daily averages to reach 2k run miles 5.8/40.8 Run Streak: 2 Number of runs that were one stupid mile: 0 Days until I beat my old run streak: 112 Prospect Park loops for the…

  • Totals for the Week Ending 2.22.2015

    Very late on this one, but here it is… Run Miles for the week: 37 in 5:45:20 Run Miles for the year: 218 Projected total miles for the year: n/a Weekly/Daily averages to reach 2k run miles n/a Run Streak: 0 Number of runs that were one stupid mile: 0 Days until I beat my…

  • Totals for the Week Endining 2.15.2015

    Run Miles for the week: 25.3 in 4:04:20 Run Miles for the year: 180.8 Projected total miles for the year: 1450 Weekly/Daily averages to reach 2k run miles 40.2/5.7 Run Streak: 2 (9.1/18.3) Number of runs that were one stupid mile: 1 Days until I beat my old run streak: 112 Prospect Park loops for…

  • Friday Inspiration: Desi Linden workout

    Here’s an oldie but a goodie. Desi Linden, when she was still Desi Davila, training for the 2012 Olympic trials by running 5 x 2 mile repeats at 5:15 per mile, in the winter, in Detroit. Check out her form. Its damn near perfect: Maybe I’ll try this work out. Though for me, the pace…

  • Totals for the Week Ending 1.25.2014

    Run Miles for the week: 27.5 in 4:33:46 Run Miles for the year: 106.5 Projected total miles for the year: 1495.1 Weekly/Daily averages to reach 2k run miles 39.4/5.6 Run Streak: 1 (15.5/15.5) Number of runs that were one stupid mile: 0 Days until I beat my old run streak: 113 Prospect Park loops for…

  • Training Totals for the Week Ending 1.18.2015

    Run Miles for the week: 15.8 in 2:31:08 Run Miles for the year: 79 Projected total miles for the year: 1517.6 Weekly/Daily averages to reach 2k run miles 39.2/5.6 Run Streak: 2 (15.8/7.9) Number of runs that were one stupid mile: 0 Days until I beat my old run streak: 112 Prospect Park loops for…

  • Training Totals for the week ending 1.4.2015

    New year, same old attempt to not only run consistently, but to also write here consistently.  I’ll be posting a number of recap and goals posts in the coming days. But for now, here’s the numbers for this week.   Run Miles for the week: 40.2 in 6:59:56 Run Miles for the year: 32.8 Projected…