3 miles on Thanksgiving

i decided to go out and do a few miles at a moderate pace. My time was 28: something and it felt okay. I will do another 4 on Saturday and 5 on Sunday.
With 16 weeks to go for the Shamrock Marathon there is some time to build up some mileage.
It feels good to be running again...this time I want to focus on cadence and stride length in this cycle...

MARICRUZ STROMMEN - @Finish Line

MARICRUZ STROMMEN finished the 2008 Suntrust Richmond Marathon in 05:12:08

RANDY CONNER - @Finish Line

RANDY CONNER finished the 2008 Suntrust Richmond Marathon in 04:45:47

MARICRUZ STROMMEN - @20th mile

MARICRUZ STROMMEN ran a 03:46:38 20 mile split at the 2008 Suntrust Richmond Marathon

RANDY CONNER - @20th mile

RANDY CONNER ran a 03:26:06 20 mile split at the 2008 Suntrust Richmond Marathon

Disappointment...couldn't make it to marathon

Months of physical preparation. Months of mental preparation. Hundreds of miles run. Full gear check up to the night before...and...in the end...could not go. Family illness. Not happy but I need to do the right thing and take care of business here at home. There will be other marathons...and I will kick ass in the next one. Shamrock 2009...here I come.

Nice 12 mile run in 2:03

It was chilly and windy at the start. MS and RC were here and we set out at about 6:45. At first we were running together but by the 3rd mile I was driving the pace all the way to the turn around. We got there together at about 1:03. From there for the next 2 miles or so, MS was driving an agressive pace, until RC took over at mile 8, and he didn't let up until he finished in 2:01. I finished in 2:03, and MS finished in 2:05.

The good thing about this run is that we all did negative splits with a faster return.

Now, according to run predictions, my 2:03 extrapolates to a marathon time of 4:41:00, which would be better than last
year.
Here is the link: http://www.runningforfitness.org/calc/rpother.php?dist=12&units=miles&hr=02&min=03&sec=00&age=38&gender=M&Submit=Calculate

Next run is a 20 miler...i hope to do 3:40 again...

2.4 miles

Just a short easy run to loosen up a bit from the long 20 on Sunday.

20 miles in 3:39:20

This was a really good run for me. I actually broke the 11:00 pace barrier! The upcoming week calls for some tempo runs and some hiil repeats. Then next week's long run will be a 12 miler.

RUN ANALYSIS:
20 miles in 3:39:20, 10:58 avg pace per mile, 5.47 mph avg speed; out and back splits (1:49:59 out and 1:49:21 back); 5 mile splits (55:23, 54:36, 53:42, 55:39). I lost some gas during the last 5 miles but still was able to make it under 3:40:00.

RUN Alert

Robin Siczek, 03:49:23 (net) @ Finish (unofficial). Pace 8:44. By Bank of America Chicago Marathon.

RUN Alert

Robin Siczek, 02:42:52 (net) @ 30K. Pace 8:44. Predicted 03:48:58. By Bank of America Chicago Marathon.

RUN Alert

Robin Siczek, 01:54:01 (net) @ Half. Pace 8:41. Predicted 03:47:39. By Bank of America Chicago Marathon.

RUN Alert

Robin Siczek, 00:53:59 (net) @ 10K. Pace 8:41. Predicted 03:47:39. By Bank of America Chicago Marathon.

13 miles in 2:16:05

The intent was to run a fast 12, but we decided to run 13 instead. It was nice and cool at the start, with temp of about 55 degrees. M set the pace...normally i advise her when to slow down, but this time, i decided to shut up...afterall, she did beat me at the last half marathon. We were on a steady 10min pace on the way out, but on the way back, we played with various paces at interval. Out in 65:05, back in 71:00