(re)Building the Base

Very happy to report my first seriously good training week since before San Diego. After 75 miles and a bad race on monday, I am feeling optimistic about the direction my training is headed. I have been feeling anxious about coming back too soon since my last marathon, and in short, I did. I placed unrealistic expectations for myself for monday's race, and was let down when I didn't get to where I wanted to be. But the pressure is off! I have felt less stressed about pace since monday's race, and have been able to concentrate more on beefing up volume and working on my general aerobic conditioning. I know that the sharpness will not come overnight - a point drilled into me by Mr. Dave Fier. It is hard to grapple with the fact that I will not be sharp and fit 365 days a year, but after talking with him on tuesday I realized that I dont have to beat myself up about it.

Thank goodness.

Hopefully with 2 doubles this week I will get mileage into the 80's where I will try to keep it for most of the next 3 months. If I can do that, I may be able to PR in Long Beach.