{"id":3141,"date":"2015-05-19T13:56:25","date_gmt":"2015-05-19T18:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?p=3141"},"modified":"2015-05-19T13:56:25","modified_gmt":"2015-05-19T18:56:25","slug":"gearing-up-for-berlin-and-mcm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?p=3141","title":{"rendered":"Gearing Up For Berlin and MCM"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ever since my Ultra on March 7, I’ve been playing with my miles. \u00a0Sure, I’ve raced 2 Half Marathons and a 10K since then, but those distances are just another training distance for me, so I didn’t specifically train for those races. \u00a0I just went out and ran them.<\/p>\n

It was nice to just be able to go and run a race…not having to fret about the distance, the taper (I am soooo bad at the taper!), the pre-race dreams… Those last three races, yes, I ran my little legs off, but I didn’t officially train for them.<\/p>\n

When I stop and think about it, I have pretty much been in official training mode since last February~since I got off those crutches a year ago this past winter. \u00a0That’s a long time to be training!<\/p>\n

I ran my first Ultra July 26 of last year. \u00a0The plan was to have 6 weeks to just maintain my fitness and go into the Chicago Marathon in October looking good. \u00a0Plans rarely go how you want them and I ended up with that nasty concussion a week after the Ultra. \u00a0I found myself scrambling to get ready for Chicago in, I’m trying to remember, 3 weeks? \u00a0Not a very long time anyway. \u00a0I ran Chicago with that concussion. \u00a0Not a bright move but what were the odds that I would ever be able to get into that race again!?! \u00a0Nope. \u00a0I HAD to run it!<\/p>\n

After Chicago, I fiddled around until mid November. \u00a0I knew I had a marathon on Valentine’s Day and then another Ultra three weeks later on March 7. \u00a0I decided that I probably should figure out when I needed to begin training for that marathon.<\/p>\n

Oops! \u00a0I never should have taken the time off! \u00a0Haha! \u00a0Within the next couple of days, I found myself mid-marathon training and pulling a 16 mile run out of my hat. \u00a0The miles just increased from there. \u00a0I ran the marathon and then the Ultra. \u00a0Then I put myself on maintenance ever since.<\/p>\n

Basically, I’ve been running 10 milers 5 day’s a week OR four 10 milers and a couple of smaller runs tossed in for grins.<\/p>\n

This week, I chatted with my coach. \u00a0Training for the Berlin Marathon and the Marine Corp Marathon (MCM) officially begins July 5. \u00a0HOWEVER:<\/p>\n

Haha!!!, Yes, however, he said that my first long run the week of July 5 will be a 17 miler.<\/p>\n

Like I said, training officially begins July 5. \u00a0Between now and then, I have to start doing some long runs. \u00a0I need to be ready to belt out a 17 miler by then. \u00a0That gives me 6 weeks to jump from my regular 10 milers to 17 miles.<\/p>\n

I’m thinking that tomorrow I will have to do 13 seeing as Wednesday is my long run day. \u00a0I’ll gradually increase distance from there. \u00a0Aye yie yie~~~How do I get myself into these pickles!?!<\/p>\n

My goal for the Berlin Marathon is between 4:45 (that’s my Ultimate goal~my dream big goal) to 4:50. \u00a0This would be my first time ever breaking 5 hrs. \u00a0MCM I’m running for the fun of it. \u00a0It’s a month after Berlin and quite frankly I don’t want to pound myself into the ground that soon after Berlin.<\/p>\n

Lots of fun, fun miles to cover between now and Sept 27!!! \u00a0Can’t wait!!!<\/p>\n

Happy Running!!!<\/p>\n

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Ever since my Ultra on March 7, I’ve been playing with my miles. \u00a0Sure, I’ve raced 2 Half Marathons and a 10K since then, but those distances are just another training distance for me, so I didn’t specifically train for those races. \u00a0I just went out and ran them. It was nice to just be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,8,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3141"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3141"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3143,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3141\/revisions\/3143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}