Week 3 of Marathon Training Complete

Week 3 is over… only 15 to go.  I am watching the IronMan on tv while I am writing this and starting to understand how incredible those people are.  Not only do they run a marathon but they also ride a bike 112 miles and do an ocean swim of 2.4 miles.  It is hard enough just to train and think about the 26.2 miles that I am trying to get ready for.

Today’s long run was *only* 5 miles.  Here are our times:

• Me & JR: 47:10 (9:26 per mile average)
• Steph: 52:32 (10:30 per mile average)
• Todd: 56:36 (11:03 per mile average)

Another great job by everyone, especially Todd who knocked 11 seconds of his pace.  Next week is the 9 mile run.  I have updated the training schedule again to show my progress so far.

P.S. Craig Alexander completed the IronMan Championship in Hawaii in 8:17:45 (51:43 swim, 4:37:19 bike, and 2:45:00 run).  That’s a 6:17 average mile after the swim and bike.  Wow!!