My Training

Race: Portland Marathon

I used The San Francisco Marathon to build my endurance back after Boston 2 Big Sur, and of course to have fun!  I had planned on being aggressive with my training soon after SFM, but ended up needing a little more recovery time than originally planned, but overall was able to bounce back quick. 

I am using a plan based off the 10 week between marathon training plan from  Advanced Marathoning by Pfizinger to make sure I incorporate a proper recovery and re-build, but will be adding in some progression and hill workouts from Run Faster by Hudson.

General base plan
2011 Portland Marathon Training

My plan is not set in stone and is often adjusted based on many different factors, I just use it to give me a general outline of what my weeks will look like. 

My training paces

Week 1 (8/1) – SFM recovery
Monday: rest
Tuesday: 3 easy
Wednesday: rest
Thursday: 6.3 easy @ 8:58
Friday: 3.1 easy @ 9:10
Saturday: 6 easy @ 8:45
Sunday: rest
Total: 18.4 miles

Week 2 (8/8)
Monday: xt (45 min spin)
Tuesday: 7.3 easy @ 9:00
Wednesday: 4 GA @ 8:48
Thursday: 7 easy @ 9:02
Friday: rest
Saturday: 12.1 ML @ 9:01
Sunday: 28.7 mile cycling + 6 easy @ 8:48
Total: 36.4 miles

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