Well the Killer Coach Marathon Training Program is in the books. Only Friday’s 5 mile shakeout before Grandma’s Marathon on Saturday. You can sign up to track Linda & me by going to www.grandmasmarathon.com follow the instructions and you can watch us fly.
What started on Monday, January 2nd finished up with this morning’s 6 X 400 at Millard West. Our fastest of the training cycle.
Somewhere in the middle I ran 1,639.5 miles.
Fifteen runs of 20 miles or longer.
Bobbies and Penpions and Scorpions amounting to hundreds of hill repeats, both up and down.
Mexicans and Kenyans for several hundred miles of fartlek.
191 quarter mile repeats. Let that sink in a moment.
Dash For Diamonds 5K, State Farm 10 Mile, Gambler Half Marathon, USA 25K National Championships, Hospital Hill 10K. I’m 5-0 versus my formidable and talented training partner. Take out Hospital Hill and my total margin of victories is less than 1 minute. She’s kicked my butt on most every training run and is damn fit. So am I. Hubris!
3 days off. One day with a tight adductor, one day prior to the 25K, one day off tomorrow to drive to Duluth.
Thank you Killer Coach Glen van der Westhuizen for the most amazing journey in my 30+ years of running. It has been a privilege to be coached by you, I gave it my all in return. It has been a thrill to share the highs with my readers, exposing them to one of the best coaches in the world. Linda & I will do our Very Best on Saturday morning, as we have for the last 19 weeks.
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