Day: April 19, 2010

Today was the Boston Marathon.

This is the race I plan to be running in 2011.

And these are pictures from that race.

Alright. So after much consideration and mental preparation, I feel a little bit shy in saying that pre-training for the NYC Marathon for me has now begun.

In keeping with the theme of pre-training, while I headed out to do 6.3 miles today in Central Park, I decided about 2 miles in only to do 5.4. That is, I took the 102nd St. Transverse and avoided doing Great Hill.

The reasoning was clear: In this delicate time as I balance training with a chaotic and unpredictable schedule, along with other responsibilities, it is important to guard against burnout. For me, that generally means avoiding pushing myself prematurely. “Prematurely” is really any kind of training I haven’t developed into. Since I’m just starting training, I have developed into anything, so any kind of zealous desires to do amazing running work is a bad idea for me right now.

It was 51 degrees in clear, beautiful weather. I had my Garmin for the second time, and the box above links to intimate details of my run today. Of note, my pace of 5.4 miles was 7:49. That is a bit better than running with Elizabeth, though it’s generally in the zone of what I was accomplishing with her. While I’m quite a bit off of my marathon pace, there’s little reason for me to believe that this time is not going to melt pretty quickly.

It’s Monday and it’s hard to say what this week will spell. Last night I started eyeing races for training as well as for NYC Marathon qualification for next year. And the Philly Marathon is pretty much a given in my headl; in order to get a really cheap entry fee, I need to enter before month’s end. I’m still gonna hold off entering … at least at this very second …

Oh, and one last thing: With the Garmin now in my possession, how I formatted this blog needs to change a bit. So hopefully I can get around to that soon. Nothing too big: Mostly just the header area of each blog post needs to change because temperature is not that important! 🙂

I lied! One other last thing! I hit the gym to do some basic abs, back, and arms machines. Very light, but nice to be back there.