Had a little bit of a milestone in my training for the Philadelphia Marathon this week. For the first time ever, I ran 60 miles in one week capped by 20 miles today. I have run in the 50-55 range before in my other marathon prep, but never 60 before. I dunno, for some reason this seems big to me, like a statement of my seriousness this time.
This 60 mile week begins my most intense month of training that will have me hit 60 miles a week 2 more times. Please pray I remain healthy.
By the time I am done with my program, I will have run over a thousand miles in 6 months. My total weight loss is now at 57 lbs. The pace of loss has slowed considerably as I have picked up my eating during these more intense weeks, but I am still losing. 48 more days to the marathon. I just want to get there in one piece. So far so good.
October 3, 2011 at 11:45 am
Patrick, that is truly awesome! I can barely limp a mile…20 in one day! Congrats!
October 4, 2011 at 3:53 am
I'm glad to see an update on your marathon training- I was wondering today how you were doing. How do you work your long runs in? The main thing keeping me from doing more mileage right now is that I just plain don't have time. Well, that and I'm still too slow. 😉 Will pray for strong tissues, healthy joints, and increasing stamina for you in the weeks to come. Before you know it, you'll be in the taper…