Long runs

My training for Baystate certainly isn’t what could be called “traditional”.  My main goal is to stay healthy and be able to race every weekend.  In order to do that I’ve capped my mileage at 80 per week and very rarely go over 8 miles in a single run.  Rarer than that would be runs over 10 miles.  This entire year I’ve only gone over 10 miles 24 times.  That may not sound like much but it is actually TWICE the number of long runs I did in 2017.  In 2017 I went over the half-marathon distance only three times.  This year I’ve done 11 runs over 13 miles.  I’m hoping this will pay off with a 50+ PR.  Good luck to everyone taking on a Fall marathon!

Run's over 10 miles this year                                                                      

No.         Date      Dist        Time      Pace      Location

1              2-Feb    12           1:35:10  7:56       Minuteman and narrow gauge

2              3-Feb    14           2:04:07  8:52       Cranberry bog 7 x2

3              6-Feb    15           1:56:45  7:47       3x Industrial park 5

4              10-Feb  11           1:29:49  8:10       3xfudge with Dave La

5              11-Feb  14           1:41:43  7:16       Harborside Half-marathon course plus

6              19-Feb  13           1:39:58  7:41       Harborside Half-marathon course plus

7              25-Feb  13           1:49:43  8:26       Freeman rail trail (7 in 755s, 6 in 900s)

8              11-Mar 20           2:46:20  8:19       3xCranberry bog with D-la

9              14-Mar 12           1:33:47  7:49       2x Ind pk 6 very slick from yesterday

10           27-Mar 15           1:51:36  7:26       Z-hills loops

11           16-May 16           1:51:20  6:58       Windham rail trail

12           18-May 12           1:34:43  7:54       Newfields rail trail with Albee & Brandon Newbould

13           28-May 20           2:42:02  8:06       Narrow, Bedford, Reformatory, and Freeman

14           7-Aug    35           9:07:37  15:39    Wonderland - Longmire to Mowich

15           8-Aug    25           7:15:49  17:26    Wonderland - Mowich to White River

16           9-Aug    19           4:39:35  14:43    Wonderland - White River to Box Canyon

17           10-Aug  13           2:17:40  10:35    Wonderland - Box Canyon to Longmire

18           4-Sep    12           1:29:30  7:28       5warm-up, 8x250, 5 warm-down, Freeman trail

19           11-Sep  12           1:27:55  7:20       Ghost train and Clipper city

20           12-Sep  12           1:35:14  7:56       With Al on the Newfields rail trail

21           13-Sep  16           1:54:37  7:10       Workout on the rail trail 8@635s

22           23-Sep  20           2:27:04  7:21       Group run, preview of Baystate course (plus add on)

23           5-Oct     12           1:23:17  6:56       Unplanned workout, out in 4318 back in 3959

24           8-Oct     13           1:49:55  8:27       With D-la and Jim P on the Danvers rail trail

2017 “long runs”

Run's over 10 miles this year                                                                      

No.         Date      Dist        Time      Pace      Location

1              16-Jan   16           2:03:10  7:42       Topsfield

2              9-Feb    13           1:40:55  7:46       Home

3              20-Feb  13           1:40:20  7:43       Newburyport

4              14-Mar 13           1:39:18  7:38       Home

5              27-Mar 13           1:36:45  7:27       Z-hills

6              28-Mar 13           1:32:32  7:07       Z-hills

7              29-Mar 13           1:29:08  6:51       Z-hills

8              17-Apr  16           2:04:33  7:47       Topsfield

9              22-Apr  12           1:41:01  8:25       Freeman new section with D-la

10           20-Aug  12           1:46:05  8:50       Appleton with Dan & dog

11           2-Sep    12           1:45:36  8:48       Steven & Weir with Dan

12           13-Sep  16           1:51:39  6:59       10 mile tempo run at 6:38s