19 Feb - Session 40

2018 GMT - 5 miles at 75% this morning. The training program is definitely working. I am faster at a lower HR intensity than I was before I started. Today @ 148 bpm average HR, my average pace was 7:46 min/mile. I was surprised it was that fast. I was curious as to the degree of improvement so I went back and compared today to previous outings before I began the program (you can too if you want to take the time and have a look! Link below.) My earlier runs at the same pace were 155/156 bpm. Not a huge gain, but still pretty amazing...and I still have 13 weeks (91 sessions!) left before the race. The key is maintaining that for 26 miles. I was thinking about that during the run this morning and frankly I do have my doubts...but I'm not thinking about it. My focus is on executing my program to the best of my ability. Whatever happens happens. I do have some lofty goals for this race (maybe I'll write more about that Monday) but really what matters is that I become a better runner and I am in better shape than when I started.

I overdressed a bit this morning. When I got up and was getting ready downstairs, I could hear rain on the skylight. It sounded fairly heavy. I decided to wear my jacket for additional warmth and to help protect from the rain. When I was outside running, it really wasn't raining that hard so I didn't need the jacket. I got a little warm midway through my run. I unzipped it a bit and unzipped my shirt, but then I was annoyed by the collars flapping everywhere. I don't know what was worse!

So I found this new site www.dailymile.com. I signed on and it keeps some pretty cool stats. That's where I got the widgets. I only started yesterday so the total miles since I started training isn't accurate, but I thought the widget was cool.  The cheeseburger one is even cooler. They have I donut widget too, but I liked the cheeseburger one better. Maybe I should use the donut one so I can track how many Krispy Kremes I can eat!


Edinburgh Marathon Training Session 40