June 15th- June 21st

Mileage for the Year 2015
1,821 miles

Mileage for the week 6/15- 6/21
52 miles

6/21
Off- recovery

6/20
28 miles (26.2 Mayors Midnight Sun Marathon- 2:34:28)

I am really pleased with this race.  I set a new personal record by 1 second over my 2011 Boston Marathon and this is a much more challenging course.  I feel like I'm pretty experienced in the Marathon now since this was my 15th marathon.  I felt really relaxed the 1st half of the race and it was nice to run with a small group of Dylan Peterson, Jacob Kirk, and having Forest Tarbath run the 1st 9 miles with us was nice too.  I just kind of sat back and relaxed.  Weather was great too.  When I got to the paved Campbell Airstrip road at mile 15 I still decided to not go hard down the 3 miles to Tudor road.  I felt pretty good the entire race, but the last 6 miles is always a grind.  I just tried to keep good form and keep the legs turning over.  It's a weird feeling like your legs are just going to start cramping or just a heavy feeling, but they keep moving.  That's why long runs are important.

I was also super happy to negative split the course.  I came through the half at 1:17:44 and I finished with a 2:34:28.  Ran a smart race and finished just 1 min. 50 seconds from the winner.  Here are my splits:

Mile 1: 5:55
Mile 2: 6:01
Mile 3: 5:53
Mile 4: 5:55
Mile 5: 5:46
Mile 6: 5:54
Mile 7: 6:02
Mile 8: 5:42
Mile 9: 5:49
Mile 10: 5:47
Mile 11: 6:05
Mile 12: 5:44
Mile 13: 5:55
Mile 14: 6:18
Mile 15: 5:41
Mile 16: 5:41
Mile 17: 5:41
Mile 18: 5:40
Mile 19: 5:45
Mile 20: 5:45
Mile 21: 5:58
Mile 22: 5:44
Mile 23: 5:44
Mile 24: 5:49
Mile 25: 5:49
Mile 26: 6:01


6/19
4 miles

Just a shorts shake out run before the big day.  I felt good, even though it's still warm out.  Done this before and I'm excited to get it started tomorrow.

6/18
6 miles ( 6 x 20sec strides)

Easy recovery pace w/ strides.  It was hot out, but I felt good.  Almost race day.

6/17
Off

Usually take this day off before Marathons.

6/16
8 miles (3 @ Marathon pace)

It was another hot day out.  After work I got after it right away.  I ran my Marathon pace miles too fast, but I felt good and have plenty of days to recover.  Ran to Dearmoun and back.  Now it's time to rest and get to the line feeling good.

3 mile warm-up w/ 2 strides
3 miles @ MP (5:35, 5:39, 5:34)
2 miles @ 6:45

6/15
6 miles

Easy recovery pace after work today.  It was about 83 degrees and sunny.  Felt good to be outside, but legs a little sore and tired from last friday and saturday.  I do a little marathon pace work tomorrow and then really recover the next few days before Saturday.