Training Log - SAN ANTONIO MARATHON 2010

Week #2


Training is going well, with no problems or nagging injuries to report. The weather has been awesome for July. Who can complain about highs in the 80’s and clouds with rain. I know it want last but I am not complaining. Training totals for this week were a total of 44.6 miles. My long run was on Sunday 7/25/2010 and it was for 12.2 miles. The miles seemed easy and I finally kept the pace down to help with the endurance. The run consisted of both city streets and the state park. I usually run in the state park towards the last part of my runs so I can take advantage of the water stops. I am starting to run earlier in the morning and from early reports the weather will be going back to hot by the end of next week. Early morning runs will be routine and no more being lazy and sleeping in, RATS!!!!

I also did hill repeats this week, did a total of 7.25 miles with 6 hill repeats on the big hill at the state park. Pace was decent, at a 9:25 per mile, but I did take it real easy on the way down hill. I also did a 9:07 tempo runs with rolling hills. I felt real good about this run due to weather conditions and the course I ran. The San Antonio marathon is primarily all uphill the last 6 miles and 385 yards. This year I am going to prepare myself for this last 6.2 miles and kick some butt. This will be my primary focus during this training program and hopefully will have success.



Week Two’s Training Schedule:

7/19 Monday – Easy Run 6.4 at 9:23 pace

7/20 Tuesday – Easy Run 7 at 9:09 pace

7/21 Wednesday – Hill Repeats 7.25 9:25 pace

7/22 Thursday – Easy Run 5.5 9:20 pace

7/23 Friday – Rest Day

7/24 Saturday – Tempo Run 6.2 9:07 pace

7/25 Sunday – Long Run 12.2 at 9:34 pace

Good Luck with your training and remember to have fun. See you next week.

Week 1 of 18 San Antonio Marathon 2010

Well the first week is over and all is well. This program is 18 weeks long and will hopefully provide me with a new PR time and a sub four marathon in San Antonio. I will be running in the Rock and Roll Marathon in San Antonio Texas in November. My training plan includes a Tempo Run, Hill Repeats or Yasso 800’s, and Long Runs each week. The hill repeats and Yasso 800’s will be alternating. My long runs will include 3 runs of 20 or more miles toward the end of the training program. This training plan will be hard to accomplish in the summer time but it does take at least 18 weeks to get prepared for 26 miles 385 yards.


This week’s training included the following:

Monday – 6.4 miles recovery run from Sunday’s long run took me 1 hour to complete the run.

Tuesday – 5.4 miles 51 minutes with a pace of 9:29. Legs felt like jello and very tired this day with the heat and humidity.

Wednesday – Yasso 800’s X 5 - 7 miles total with an overall pace of 8:37 per mile minute.

Thursday - Rest Day

Friday – Easy run at the State Park – 8 miles in 1:14:00 pace of 9:17.

Saturday – Tempo Run 5 miles 44:00 at a pace of 8:48.

Sunday – Long run 10 miles in 1:33:00.

Total miles this week were 42. I will up the mileage a little next week and my long run will be 11 to 12 miles. Good luck with your training and I will be back next week.

San Antonio Marathon Training Begins

First week of training has begun. I took a little rest the last three weeks and cut my mileage down quite a bit to help get some rest in my legs. This training plan is 18 weeks long and includes 3 runs that are either 20 miles or longer. My goal for this marathon will be 4 hours or less. I believe if I get my training runs in and watch my diet that this goal is obtainable. The weather is going to play a key role in the way the heat is setting in here in North Texas and the humidity is hanging around. I am not going to complain but I will have to be patient and remember that my times may be slower due to the weather.


I will be training this year in Newton Sir Isaac Trainers. I plan to race in a pair of Newton Gravitas as well. I love my Newton’s and know that I shouldn’t have any injuries due to my shoe choice. I plan to keep everyone up to date with my training with a weekly blog. This will include my mileage and any other adventures that I take in. I hope everyone enjoys the blog and please give me feedback, good or bad.

The marathon is November 14th, 2010 in San Antonio, Texas. The Rock n Roll Marathon put on by the Competitor Group is an awesome event and San Antonio is a beautiful and fun city. Hope everyone keeps up during my training and good luck with your goals in life. Take care and God Bless.