Boston Buildup

Holy cow has it been cold lately! I have been pretty consistent with my running so far in 2011 as I have decided to make the commitment to go all out in my training for the 2011 Boston Marathon on April 18!

My goal time is 2:59:59. I just want to break the 3 hour mark. I read somewhere that only 1% of all people who have attempted a marathon have broken the 3 hour barrier. 1.) I am super happy to say that I have qualified for Boston and 2.) if I break 3 hours, I will truly fill like I have accomplished something! I certainly wasn’t in the top 1% of my high school or college graduating classes so if I can be in top 1% of all marathoners, that will make me feel pretty cool!

My 4 weeks so far into my Boston Buildup have looked like this:

Week 1 – 31 Miles
Week 2 – 50 Miles
Week 3 – 56 Miles
Week 4 – 53 Miles (Rest Week)
Week 5 – Goal of 60 Miles

I took Week 4 a little easier as I jumped 25 miles in two week and wanted to give my body a week to get used to that mileage.

I am going to continue building up my mileage for 3 weeks and then take the 4th easy again.

I am only running 6 days a week and taking 1 day off every week. My body seems to recover very nicely from that 1 day off.

I hope everyone is already setting their racing plans for the spring/summer!

Don’t forget about the Barboursville Winter Series (Next race is this Sunday) and the WV 5K Championship on June 25th!