11/24 -5 Miles
11/25 - 0
11/26 - 5 Miles
11/27 - 5 Miles
11/28 - 0
11/29 - 0
11/30 - 8 Miles
23 Miles Total
Yeah, so my taper has been a lot more severe than I had planned. Oh well, I’m not going to worry about it. I’m pumped for CIM on Sunday, it’s go time!
Today was an [...]

11/03 - 5 Miles
11/04 - 4 Miles
11/05 - 5 Miles
11/06 - 8 Miles at 7:00 pace
11/07 - Off
11/08 - 8 Miles
11/09 - 20 Miles at
The High Line Canal Trail, 7:23 pace.
50 Miles Total
My long run on Sunday, I felt great starting off and ran the first ten miles at 7:00 pace. I had [...]

10/20 - Off
10/21 - Off
10/22 - 4 Miles Easy
10/23 - 5 Miles Easy
10/24 - Scream Scram 5k
10/25 - Gorilla Run 5.6k
10/26 - 10 Miles @ 7:38 Pace
26.09 Total Miles
The marathon recovery went well. I was a bit sore on Monday and Tuesday, but sore in a good way, muscles, etc. In the past, [...]

The first week of the taper, here is the breakdown:
9/29 - 6 Miles Easy
9/30 - 5 Miles Easy
10/01 - 11 Miles
10/02 - 5 Miles with 12*100M Striders
10/03 - 5 Miles Easy
10/04 - 17 Miles on
The High Line Canal Trail
10/05 - 7 Miles, with 3 Miles at Marathon Race Pace, 6:40 Pace
56 Miles Total
Solid week, [...]

With the Denver Marathon less than three weeks away, let’s take a look at my training in September 2007 versus 2008.
September 2007 - 180.50 Miles
September 2008 - 288.88 Miles
Man, what was I doing last year? I obviously wasn’t training that much. This month was my highest month ever, good sign and [...]

9/22 - 3 Miles, felt tired after
Boulder Half Marathon
9/23 - 14 Miles on
The High Line Canal Trail
9/24 - Off
9/25 - 7.1 Miles
9/26 - 8 Miles
9/27 - 22 Miles on
The High Line Canal Trail @ 7:27 Pace, planned on going easy due to the race on Sunday, but that pace felt easy.
9/28 - [...]

Let’s take a look at how the previous week’s training unfolded.
9/15 - 12 Miles @ 6:42 Pace (Marathon Race Pace), 14 Miles Total
9/16 - 7.31 Miles
9/17 - 7.1 Miles
9/18 - 15.33 Miles on
The High Line Canal Trail
9/19 - 7.2 Miles
9/20 - 5.1 Miles
9/21 -
Boulder Half Marathon in 1:23:23
70.14 Miles Total
A good week of [...]

A decent week of training, however I have been rather tired, not fatigued, but sleepy tired. I’m going to make a concentrated effort of getting to bed earlier with the marathon being only five weeks away. My weight is also down to 163lbs, thus I have lost 11lbs since I resumed running after [...]

In case you wondered what I looked like, that’s a picture of me winning the Golden Gallop 10k on Saturday and yes the time on the clock is correct.
I love to race, it’s what keeps me motivated. I don’t think I would run if I couldn’t race, otherwise I would get bored rather quick. [...]

I took an easy week, this week, cycled down the mileage and had no hard workouts. The next four weeks will be my hard weeks leading up to the taper in both intensity and mileage.
Here is the breakdown:
8/25 - Off
8/26 - 13 Miles @ 7:17 pace
8/27 - 7.1 Miles
8/28 - 8 Miles
8/29 [...]