I’ve signed up for the Glass City Marathon in Toledo, Ohio, and I’m on week 11 of 18 in my slightly modified Pfitz 18/55 plan. The marathon is on April 28, 2019. I’m through the Lactate Threshold + Endurance Phase and into the race prep phase. This phase has a lot more speed workouts.
Monday: 8 miles with 5 x 600m. Despite the weather being warm enough and being at the park, it seems like this run was going to make me shake my head. When interval 4 was beginning, my watch froze and I couldn’t get it to reboot in the field. I guess it had a case of the Mondays. I ran by feel the rest of the way knowing that I usually split the additional mileage between the warm-up and cool-down, so after the last recovery guesstimate, I ran a lap and a half or so, which would have put me beyond where my watch would have stopped me. However, I’m not 100% sure the workout in the watch was correct. After all that, I’m just bitching about it and leaving shit on Garmin Connect and Strava as is. So “officially” I ran 3.18 in 26:45 (8:25 min/mile pace).
Tuesday: 12 miles. Ran in East Fork and thought that maybe I was running on the fast side. Nope. Out to Williamsburg and then to the lake and back, finding the slick mud in the park in Williamsburg yet again. 12.02 miles in 1:50:28 (9:11 min/mile pace). I’m blaming the slowness on the darkness!
Wednesday: 4 miles + 6 * 100m strides. Easy day, just circling the park. Came out to 5.14 in 45:22 (8:50 min/mile pace). Didn’t push it because of Thursday’s workout.
Thursday: 12 mile race test. Woke up early for this, and while getting ready to tell my wife that I was stepping out, there was a bright flash of lightning. So I waited for lunchtime and ran then. Kept in the park and the subdivision next to it. After about 3 miles, the wind kicked up SIGNIFICANTLY, which made it much more difficult to run. 12.01 miles in 1:41:39 (8:28 min/mile pace).
This is why I was running in the daylight! 
These were standing when I got to the park 
These were standing when I got to the park 
Friday was supposed to be 17 miles, but I had a meeting in Columbus, which meant I had to run in the afternoon. As I was on my way to run, my stomach was growling and I realized I forgot my energy gels. Then I was detoured around a closed road. So I scrubbed the run and decided to do it the following day.
Saturday: 17 miles. Ran in the next subdivision down the road, making five laps around that subdivision. Fueled with Gatorade Gels and hydrated with Gatorade Endurance Melon. 17.02 in 2:34:42 (9:05 min/mile pace, although it felt faster).
That’s a wrap on this week – 49 miles overall, or so (see Monday). Or maybe closer to 54, who really knows. Still a tough week. Cheers!
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