"Long" runs

Runs over 8 miles

I very rarely run further than 6 miles in a single run, it seems to help keep me healthy and happy as I run a maximum of 80 miles per week.  I found last year that my lack of long runs didn’t stop me from running under 3 hours for the marathon but probably were the reason I couldn’t crack 2:55.  I’m hoping to run a faster time at Baystate this year and plan on getting at least 2 runs of 10 or more each month.  So far this year I’m well ahead of that goal with 9 runs over 8 miles already this year and all of them are 10 or more miles.  By comparison I didn’t get my 9^th “long” run until mid-March in 2017 and in 2016 it took me until Feb. 24 to get the same.

2018     Run's over 8 miles this year                                                          

            No.       Date      Dist       Time     Pace     Location

            1          14-Jan   10         1:18:40  7:52    Bradford/Haverhill

            2          15-Jan   10         1:25:55  8:35    Topsfield

            3          27-Jan   10         1:31:17  9:08    Petey's

            4          28-Jan   10         1:25:49  8:35    Topsfield

            5          2-Feb    12         1:35:10  7:56    Minuteman and narrow gauge

            6          3-Feb    14         2:04:07  8:52    Cranberry bog 7 x2

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

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

            9          11-Feb   14         1:41:43  7:16    Harborside Half-marathon course plus

2017        Run's over 8 miles this year                                                                   

                No.          Date        Dist         Time        Pace        Location

                1              15-Jan     10            1:29:57   09:00       Petey's

                2              16-Jan     16            2:03:10   07:42       Topsfield

                3              3-Feb      9              1:14:35   08:17       Ponkapoag

                4              5-Feb      9              1:21:28   09:03       Petey's

                5              9-Feb      13            1:40:55   07:46       Home

                6              13-Feb    10            1:21:41   08:10       2xInd Pk 5

                7              19-Feb    9              1:19:11   08:48       Petey's

                8              20-Feb    13            1:40:20   07:43       Newburyport

                9              14-Mar    13            1:39:18   07:38       Home

2016                                                                       

No.          Date        Dist         Time        Pace        Location

1              20-Jan     10            1:18:46   07:53       Freeman RT

2              27-Jan     12            1:25:27   07:07       Ghost Train

3              5-Feb      15            3:15:15   13:01       Mt Washington

4              6-Feb      12            1:35:29   07:57       Lynn woods

5              13-Feb    11            1:38:58   09:00       Chelmsford

6              15-Feb    10            1:16:18   07:38       Industrial Pk

7              20-Feb    10            1:32:55   09:18       Chelmsford

8              23-Feb    10            1:15:42   07:34       Andover Roads

9              24-Feb    10            1:22:51   08:17       Chelmsford