I've completed the third week of the marathon training and my 54 year old body is still not happy about it; Hey I'm up to 3 full miles now and have almost run 26 miles the last 3 weeks. Too bad I have to run the entire 26 miles in one day. I have a sore left calf muscle that has been nagging me and limiting some of my training. If I can get past that I should be in good shape.
Right now my plan is to pace myself to run each mile in 11 minutes. If I run each of the 26 miles in 11 minutes I will complete the marathon in 4 hours and 45 minutes; the winner of the race will complete it in 2 hours and 10 minutes so I could get "lapped"
This week consists of another set of 4 2-mile runs with a long run on the weekend. The mileage continues to increase. I don't look forward to the hot weather that will soon be approaching and the 4-5 days of running each week but I know the effort will be gratifying when its over
Until next time
Cheers
Ray Baumann
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