Sunday, June 7, 2009

The Quest for Sub-4

Tomorrow, I will start my training for the Long Beach Marathon. After my disappointing finish at the LA Marathon, it would be an understatement to say, that I am ready for a good time at my next race. And by "good time" I mean an official time that starts with a "3"! I came close at the LB Marathon last year, with a 4:07 and with some very specific training, good weather and most likely a considerable amount of suffering, I hope to crack the 4 hour mark on Oct. 11th. I have had 2 half Marathon times of under 1:50, which by all accounts, indicates that a sub-4 Marathon should be relatively easy for me. But, alas, my coveted time has eluded me thus far. I stating my training tomorrow pretty well rested, for a change. I plan on doing everything in the program exactly as prescribed. I tend to slack a bit with the speed work and the hill repeats, but this time I am going to do it all.

I am also going to concentrate mainly on this Marathon as my "A" race and only do, perhaps, one 5K between now and then and try and schedule 1 half a month before. I AM FOCUSED! I am also going to do the strength training and plyometrics described in the plan. It feels good to have an uncluttered race calendar with a very specific goal that I am working for.

Paul