Canyon Man's Marathon Training

2.5 hours of full court basketball

routine run

routine run

routine run

Went for a nice long one today. Boy was it a georgeous afternoon. Nothing stressful...just a nice long run to clear the mind and start the week off right.

Probably more than three miles run, but just an estimate.  Played full court hoops for 3 hours straight with a couple 5 min water breaks.  I love monday night hoops as it is a nice change of pace to my usual running schedule.

Picked up the pace this morning on a nice 6 miler.  Trying to change things up a bit and not just get into the rut of running the same course at the same pace all the time.  Felt good to push the pace a little and found out that I actually still had some reserves at the finish.

Great mid day run today.  Took it out a little slow, but quickly gained momentum and actually clocked my fastest split on the last mile.  Still felt pretty fresh after the warm run in the midday sun.  Heading out for a morning run tomorrow...better go get some sleep and rest up.

Took a great morning run today.  It is absolutely georgous up here is the Pacific Northwest today.  I guess this is why we suffer through the winters....lol.  Averaged about 8.15 min miles.  Legs are feeling stronger and stronger all the time.  Will I be ready for marathon on the 27th????

At least I know I will give it my best effort.

Routine training run....no excitement at all.

Headed out late as work and kids took precedent....finished 6 miles in just under 50 minutes and pace seemed fairly comfortable.  Any suggestions on what kind of pace I should set out for on the full marathon in two weeks?

Winding down to Marathon day.  10 days and counting.  Seattle Rock and Roll will be my first marathon attempt ever.  Wish me luck.

winding down to rock n roll marathon...since it will be my first any and all suggestions will be appreciated.  Remember I am just trying to finish, not set any land speed records :)

Second to last training run for the Seattle Rock and Roll marathon.  Run went good and one more to go...then rest, rest, rest.  Any other pre suggestions???

Last training run is in the books.  Going for a massage (light) tomorrow then will start hydrating and Carb loading.  Any other suggestions for a first time marathoner?

I did it!  Completed my first Marathon on my first attempt in a time of 4:19:52  Had to kick to the line to bread 4:20 and the crowd seemed to love it.  I couldn't believe I could even do it after running for that long.  It was such a great feeling.  I will blog more later about the experience....but it is now just starting to sink in that I did something I never thought I would even try and was successful.  

First run since the Rock and Roll marathon in Seattle on Saturday.  This was my first ever marathon and I wanted to make sure I would not get injured so I just went for a short 3 miler.  It felt pretty good with not much fatigue at all.  Going to ease back in and then get on a real training program for the Seattle Marathon in November.  I want to see how much time I can knock off if I really dedicate myself.  Sasha.....any suggestions are welcome!

First competitive 5K.  Quite different from the marathon and now know that if I want to do better at these short distances that I will need to start doing some speed work.  Felt like I was just getting comfortable and the race was over!  I have much to learn....but at 7:51/mile average it was not bad.  Especially when the marathon was only 2 weeks ago.

It was a beautiful, sunny, Seattle day with race time temps in the low 70's.