Edinburgh Marathon Training Stats

2028 BST - I pulled down some statistics from my Edinburgh Marathon Training regimen:
Dates:                   11 Jan 2011 - 21 May 2011
Training Runs:     85
Total Distance:     672.04 miles
Calories Burned:  79,954
Avg Speed:          7.4 mph
Avg Heart Rate:   144 bpm (~70%)
Elevation Gain:    29,060 ft
That was a lot of work!!

I took about 2 weeks off after the marathon and didn't run at all. I then started running again doing 5 miles easy. I did that 4 times before beginning my training regimen for my next race. Initially I wasn't sure what I was going to do, but I needed something to work towards, otherwise I'd just get stagnant again. I had signed up for the Marine Corps Marathon in October back in Feb. After giving it quite a bit of thought, I decided I would rather run a race here in the UK. I can run the MCM anytime. And it's too big. 30,000 runners is way to crowded. Maybe a misconception, but I think it might be difficult running for time in a crowd that big.

I decided on the Chester Marathon 9 Oct 2011:  http://www.chestermarathon.co.uk. It's limited to 6500 runners so much smaller than the MCM. I think it will be more enjoyable. We're going to make a weekend of it again and do a little sightseeing. I'm also doing the Bristol Half Marathon 11 Sept. I started my new training regimen this week. It's tougher than my last one...and it needs to be to meet my goal time!

My goal for my next marathon is 3:15. I want to run a Boston Qualifying (BQ) time. Since I didn't get it at Edinburgh, I won't qualify for 2012; the cutoff is September sometime. They're changing the qualifying times for 2013, and for my age group that's 3:15. I may not actually run Boston, but I want to know I was good enough! My goal for the half marathon is 1:30, but that's completely secondary to my marathon goal and training. I just want to run it because it's the big race where I live.

I haven't decided how I'm going to chronicle my training from here on out. I do know it will not be daily updates on this blog...too much work. I upload my workouts and make some comments on daily mile which are then posted on facebook, if you are a facebook user. You can follow me here: http://www.dailymile.com/people/PatrickB8#ref=tophd. Daily mile is free. You can join and we can be "friends"! Of course I still use Garmin Connect. If you are interested in that let me know we can work something out i'm sure. Don't abandon the blog though! I will make periodic updates.