100 Days to My Marathon

Happy March 1st!  This means two things: I can start running in one week, and the marathon is in 17 days.  Yikes!  When I run next week, the doc said to try a mile at a time, three times the first week, and then go see him again to report how it felt.  I figure I’ll do it on the track at the high school for the soft rubber surface.  I am really looking forward to it, and am also a little nervous!

Yesterday I walked four miles at a pretty good pace - the last mile was under 13 minutes, and I averaged just under a 13 minute per mile pace.  Felt good, even though half of it was into pretty heavy winds.  Included the California Incline for a nice hill.

The day before that I was back at the pool at Santa Monica College.  Did 5 minute warm-up, 15 X 1 minute hard effort followed by 1 minute easy recovery, then 5 minutes cool-down.  Felt like a good speed workout.

Saturday’s practice is supposed to be at Dodger Stadium for more hill work.  Haven’t decided if I am going to go, but I am leaning towards it right now.  Then the taper begins officially.  Going to be a long week!