I have this crazy idea that I’d like to qualify for Boston some day (even though I haven’t even run a full marathon yet), but it ain’t gonna happen at my current pace. For runs of 6 miles or shorter I can run an 8:25-8:40 minute\/mile pace; my best half marathon pace was 9:22. Should I decide to target the 2009 Boston Marathon, my qualifying time would be 4 hours (plus 59 seconds, of course!). I’m sure with the proper amount of training (which would include lots of speed work), it’s doable. But given how my body has been behaving to a faster pace, it could be a stretch (actually I think stretching is what my body needs right now).<\/p>\n
In his book “New Marathon” Jeff Galloway includes a race prediction chart based upon one’s 5K and half marathon finishes. Basically, a 2-hour half marathon finish does NOT mean you can run a full in 4 hours. According to the chart, I should shoot for an approximate 1 hour, 52 minute half marathon time or a 23:50 5K if I’m to do a 4-hour marathon. Yikes!<\/p>\n
Given I’m training for my very first marathon, I’m not incorporating any speed work into my routines (I just want to be able to finish). However, I have been trying to beat my personal bests for my regular runs around Greenlake and Discovery Park. In April I beat my 5.6 mile Greenlake run by 1 1\/2 minutes, and this past week I beat both my 3.2 and 6-mile Greenlake runs (by 14 seconds for the former, 27 seconds for the latter). Of course, it probably wasn’t a wise decision to run the 6-mile run the day after the 3.2 mile one; I basically collapsed on the couch for the rest of the evening (and woke up the next day with a small muscle pull in my left buttock).<\/p>\n
Even with kicking butt (literally) I’m still no where near the pace I should be. Mind you, I consider myself more of an endurance runner than a sprinter, so I think the half marathon finish is a better predictor for my full marathon performance than the 5K time.<\/p>\n
Regardless, I’m going to take baby steps. I have an unofficial half marathon coming up (I’ll be running the latter half of the Green River Marathon<\/a>, which is a free race put on entirely by volunteers. No bib numbers, no timing chips, just a bunch of runners having fun) and my goal is to run it in under 2 hours. The next weekend is the Fremont 5K<\/a>, which I hope to finish in 25:45. The only other race I may run before the Marathon du Medoc is the Torchlight 8K<\/a> (I’ll run it if I don’t have to cater any parties). My goal is to beat the time of my last 8K race, which was 44:24. Other than that I’m going to concentrate on long, SLOW runs in preparation for Medoc.<\/p>\n Assuming I enjoy the full marathon, I’ll then kick my training up a notch in preparation for a 2008 qualifying marathon (after the appropriate recovery time from Medoc, of course). Will this madness never end?<\/p>\n My personal bests:<\/p>\n Races<\/strong> Training Runs<\/strong> I have this crazy idea that I’d like to qualify for Boston some day (even though I haven’t even run a full marathon yet), but it ain’t gonna happen at my current pace. For runs of 6 miles or shorter I can run an 8:25-8:40 minute\/mile pace; my best half marathon pace was 9:22. Should […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-training"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eatdrinkrunwoman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eatdrinkrunwoman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eatdrinkrunwoman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eatdrinkrunwoman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eatdrinkrunwoman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eatdrinkrunwoman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eatdrinkrunwoman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eatdrinkrunwoman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eatdrinkrunwoman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n8K — 44:24 (May 2006)
\n10K — 59:04 (October 2005)
\nHalf Marathon — 2:02:38 (July 2006)<\/p>\n
\n2.8 Greenlake — 23:35 (December 2006)
\n3.2 Greenlake — 26:56 (May 2007)
\n5.6 Greenlake — 48.34 (April 2007)
\n6.0 Greenlake — 52:00 (May 2007)
\nDiscovery Park, 1 loop — 26:14 (April 2006) I need to confirm the distance of this trail. Apparently it’s 2.8 miles (a rather hilly 2.8!), but now that I have my Garmin I can double check.
\nDiscover Park, 2 loops — 54.16 (July 2006)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"