Albany Marathon Albany, Georgia

26.2 miles 2:42:54 6:13 average per mile
10th Overall 1st Master
2nd Fastest marathon out of 40. Fastest was 2:42:32 in 2011
1:20:43 half marathon split. Second half 1:22:11
Slowest mile was 6:36 mile 24.
Mile 23 was my second slowest 6:30.
These 2 miles cost me any shot of a pr.
7:00 am) 36 degrees sunny
Leading up to this marathon I knew I was fit and ready but unfortunately
I got the flu 10 days out and I was and still am suffering some of the
symptoms. Not sure how much this effected my race but pretty sure
it cost me a PR. I am very happy to run as well as I did. I did very
low mileage for this marathon but did more of the non running little
things and ate much healthier.  I have another marathon in May so
if I can get healthy and at least maintain what I have I think I have
a great shot at finally PR'ing.
The Albany marathon is a great race. I loved the course gentle rolling
hills, tree lined roads and well organized.

Winter Series 4 Black Forrest

6.2 miles 42:36 

10th Place overall. Finished 8th overall in the series.

Difficult race for me. Was sick all week with the stomach flu.

Only good news is I had a good taper week and lost 4 pounds.

10.5 miles total

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Wednesday 3 miles treadmill.

Today 5 miles Centennial. Felt better and had a couple fast miles.

Fastest was 5:39.

Pikes Peak Greenway

13 miles 1:27:19 6:42 average per mile
8:20 am) 30's light snow
Glad to get this run done before the snow storm hits.
Was able to run strong last 4 miles. 6:21, 6:20, 6:21, 6:05.
Last longish run before Albany.

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2x2 Repeats

Pikes Peak Greenway
6.5 miles
4:15 pm) 60's sunny
mile warm up
2 mile 5:58, 6:04 = 12:03.20
.75 jog
2 mile 6:00, 6:00 = 12:03.10
.75 cool down
Never felt very good during this workout. Tired from work and the
warm temps felt like it slowed me down.

Wednesday
6 miles 41:21 6:54 average per mile

Ravenna 206

Tuesday
4.25 miles treadmill
1-5% incline

Arkansas River Trail Canon City CO.

20 miles 2:17:35 6:52 average per mile
10:50 am) 40's sunny light wind
Drove down to Canon City to try out some new trails.
Ran along the Arkansas River trail and hit the Tunnel Dr. Trail.
Mostly flat running except the Tunnel Dr. trail had some
climbing. The views were amazing from this trail looking
down on the Arkansas River and the canon. As a bonus got to
run thru 3 tunnels.
The run was difficult. Legs heavy from the race the previous
day but I mustered out the 20 miles.

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2/14/2015
9 miles total
5 mile race 30:10 Winter Series 3
12 place overall
Okay race not as fast as I hoped to run but not bad.

2/12/2015
6.68 miles
Falcon Trail with Scott.

2/11/2015
6.15 miles 44:00

2/10/2015
5.15 miles
Speedwork
8 x 400's on Centennial
1:12-1:18 range

47 miles for the week.
Still lower mileage than I'm used to for marathon training but I'm
getting in the key workouts at least. Already taper time for Georgia.

Bouder Reservoir & Highline Canal

Sunday
Highline Canal
14 miles 1:31:29 6:31 average per mile
9:45 am) 60's Sunny & Breezy
Ran this 2 weeks ago also 14 miles. I surprisingly ran it exactly same time
to the second. Conditions were a bit warm and breezy. Good hard effort.

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Saturday
Boulder Reservoir
7 miles 47:42 6:49 average per mile
10:00 am) 63 degrees sunny & warm
First time running here. Did a out and back.
Didn't feel good maybe it was the warm temps.

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Thursday
Santa Fe Trail
7 miles easy

Wednesday
Treadmill
5 miles
Incline 5%-7.5% every five minutes alternated incline.

Tuesday
Colorado College Track
8 miles
8X400's 400 jog recovery
1:14-1:18
Happy with this track workout.

41 miles for the week

Rock Island Trail Long Run

20 miles 2:19:38 6:59 average per mile
9:40 am) 30 degrees
Never felt awesome today. I didn't expect I would. Felt tired all week actually.
50 miles for the week with 40 in last 3 runs. 5 weeks out from marathon.

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Saturday 9 miles
7:15 average per mile