NEW 15K PR = 1:13:39

It has been a while since my last post. Just busy with a lot of things these days and not much time to sit down and post a blog entry.

My running highlight this week is a PR! I ran the Utica Boilermaker 15K yesterday and set a new PR which I am very happy with. I finished in 1:13:39 taking almost 3 minutes off my old PR. My old PR from 2005 is 1:16:30.

My race recap:

I finished 1,976 out of 10,882 finishers

Splits:
5K = 24:00
10K = 48:27
15K = 1:13:39

For those of you that have run the Boilermaker, you know that the course (and the warm weather) can be challenging. It is a great race with a lot of energy and crowd support. Very well organized and definately on my race calendar every year now.

The elite runners were again very impressive. Nate Jenkins was the first American to finish in 46:22 - NICE!!! (13th overall). Nate is a great runner and I just read a few articles about him and reviewed some of his race results. Keep up the great running, Nate! Looking forward to hearing about your future races.

I am now looking to run the Rochester half marathon in September. I am setting up a training plan for myself starting this week (only 10 weeks to go!). I plan to set a half marathon PR at that race.

I'll be posting a recap at the end of the week. I would like to at least post once weekly with my weekly training updates.

That is all for now. Happy running!

Matt

Week in review

Here is a quick traiing log recap since my last post:

June 15 = 3 miles on trails at lunch - lots of fun and the hilly trails!
June 17 = 3.8 miles for day (includes 5K race - details below)

Total for week (6/11 - 6/17) = 18.3 miles

June 18 = 5.1 miles
June 20 = 5.4 miles (7 x 1/2 mile repeats at 5K pace)
June 22 = 4.6 miles
June 24 = 10 miles

Total for week (6/18 - 6/24) = 25.1 miles

First, I will start off by saying I really enjoyed the Father's Day 5K race that I ran on Jue 17 (Medved 5K to Cure ALS in Rochester, NY). My wife and son were at the finish waiting for me - what better way to spend Father's Day morning. The race started at 8:30am and the temps were rising but not much of a factor. The course was fast and flat (you never know until you really run these races) and only one minor incline (I won't call it a hill). It has a nice finish in Frontier Field (baseball field in Rochester for AAA baseball). Over 600 runners started and the race was well managed. It definately was tight in some spots and I had to work on passing other runners. I missed my PR by 14 seconds but I was very happy to finish the race in 22:11. This gives me a good gauge on my current fitness and I am curious to see what I can do at the Boilermaker in a couple weeks.

This past week of running was good. I have been feeling good and I completed some quality runs at decent paces. I did some speed work one day this week and will do another this week as I prepare for the 15K.

That's all for now. Thanks for the emails and for stopping by the blog.

Entries on record pace for 30th Boilermaker

Very cool...I can't wait! The Utica Boilermaker is around the corner!

This week was a true rest and recovery week. After the marathon, I took three days off and then ran the Chase Corporate Challenge in Rochester, NY. I finished the 3.5 mile race in 26:30. This was a good fitness test for me as I plan to run a 5k in two weeks. I would love a new 5k PR but I need to kick the training up this week and get some speed sessions in. The only other run I had this week was a 4 mile Saturday morning.

That's all for now. I'll have some more to post later this week.

Happy running.

Great weather

Today I was able to get out for a lunch time run. I left around noon and the weather was perfect: sunny and 68 degrees. After the first mile or so I really started feeling the sun. I don't usually run very well in the heat so hopefully these afternoon runs will help me out. I am sure things will get tough when it hits the high 70's and 80's but my lunch runs are uaually between 4 and 5 miles so it should be ok for me.

Today was my first run since last Tuesday. I ran 4.2 miles today in 38:04. My average weekly mileage for this marathon training is very, very low. The marathon is around the corner so my last long run will be this Saturday morning. Usually I like to run my last long run three weeks prior but I could not schedule it this time.

I am running in my last pair of Asics GT-2100 shoes. This is my sixth pair since the model came out and I can no longer find my size. I'll be due for a new pair in a couple months. I'll be purchasing a couple pairs of the 2110 model. I really enjoy the Asics shoes and have had very good experiences training with them.

Four days after the marathon I will be running the Chase Corporate Challenge in Rochester, NY followed by the Utica Boilermaker 15K in July. More talk to follow on these races.