I have less than 3 months to prepare for the Calgary marathon. I am starting to panic. My training has been sub-par to date. I blame the winter. Of course, I blame winter (and life).
Training for my second marathon has been challenging. The NYC marathon was in November so I had all spring and summer to get ready. This time around, I have a shorter training period.
Last weekend’s hypo-half really kicked my butt into training mode. March and April will be my ‘get serious’ months.
I’ll start to build my mileage from 21k this weekend. (Thankfully, I only have 2 weeks left of my LTR clinic and I will have Sundays to myself again)
This puts me a head of my training schedule but I am okay with this. I’m using a training schedule to finish in 3:45.
According to the schedule, the LSD is 6:00-6:45; steady run is 6:00; the tempo run is 5:24 and the speed work is 4:42. For race day, my pace should be 5:20.
No problem. My head is in the game.
Still there’s still a lot of snow on the ground. And finding cleared sidewalks and roads has been a challenge. I’m not a fan of out and backs. But I will make do with what Mother Nature has left behind. Oh the joys of winter running.