A Quiet Week - and an Uncertain Goal

Having run strongly last weekend, Lorna and I both decided that we'd use the Draycote Marathon tomorrow as a run to put in a little more effort.

So we also decided to have a mini-taper into it as well.

So the mileage this week has been much lower. I've run just 36 miles - which with the marathon will be a weekly total of just 62 miles.

It's ALL about balance. We want to run this marathon at a decent intensity - but the GOAL is getting to May 8th healthy and ready to go. So rather than training through and pottering the marathon, we chose to allow our legs to rest a bit - run harder on Sunday - and be able to pick the training back up straight away next week.

That brings me to the business of the Uncertain Goal.

I'm not in sub 3 hour condition - at least, not as a goal after which I'll be looking to run a big week
3:30 pace would be reasonably easy
3:20 pace would give me a Boston Qualifying time - and should be perfectly feasible
3:15 pace is probably going to take a bit much out of me
sub 3:11:12 pace I think would be possible if I was targeting it - but would probably be foolish to contemplate.

So I think that 3:20 looks like the fella.

I'll have a far better idea after the first 2 laps. And I'll report back tomorrow.

Alyson will be getting here later, which will be fabulous :o)