April was largely dominated by my training and taper for the Eugene marathon. I had a great race putting up a PR of 3:23. Although I failed to reach my goal of qualifying for the Boston marathon, I am very satisfied with my performance and look forward to my next time. My run speed came …
Tag Archive: taper
May
02
May
02
Training log 4/25-5/1
This week was mostly a rest week as I completed my taper for the Eugene Marathon. The week started out tough as I came down with a nasty sickness on sunday night. I spent much of the early week completely bed ridden. I had to rearrange my schedule a bit to compensate, and by Wednesday …
Apr
29
Almost go time.
Its almost time. Two days remain until the Eugene marathon and there is little more that I can do to prepare. The fact that I am feeling ready to go at this point is a small miracle in itself as last week ended horribly. I lost a very cherished friendship before the weekend, and before …
Apr
27
Training log 4/18-4/24
This week was my second week of tapering before the Eugene marathon. Last week I was a little concerned about my race readiness due to a real lack of energy. However I could really start to feel the effects of my taper starting to kick in over the last 7 days. I really felt …





