On March 24, I ran Mill Town Marathon, a local race, which was my third marathon (after Seattle back in 2022 and Philly four months ago). I managed to PR by more than 7 minutes with the time 3:26:43 (Strava…
Yesterday, I ran Philadelphia Marathon, which was my second attempt at the distance after the last year’s Seattle Marathon, and my A-race for 2023. I got an almost 10-minute PR, improving the time from 3:43:45 to 3:34:07. I’m obviously super…
My first marathon is next Saturday, but after 15 weeks, 668 miles (44.5 per week on average, 60 peak), 108.3 hours (7.22 per week on average, 9.5 peak), my build-up is officially complete (Intermediate reports: [1], [2], [3], [4]). I…
Thirteen weeks of the marathon training are complete peaking at two 60-mile weeks, now entering a three-week taper. Some statistics (see the reports after four, eight and eleven weeks): Ran 60.3 + 60.1 = 120.4 miles (589.5 miles total) In…
Eleven weeks of the marathon training are complete, with just five to go. This included a tune-up Great Trek half-marathon, whose course lied in a beautiful UBC campus (Vancouver, BC), more on this later. Some statistics (see the reports after…
Completed weeks 1–8 of my DIY 16-week marathon training plan. Some statistics (see the report for the first four weeks here): Ran 42.8 + 45.7 + 51.0 + 36.2 = 175.7 miles in the last 4 weeks (324.2 miles total…
As of today, completed the first four weeks of my bespoke 16-week marathon training block. Some statistics: Ran 36 + 39.25 + 42.76 + 30.53 = 148.54 miles In 25 hours 19 minutes Almost all of these miles were easy,…
For the last two weeks, I took a complete break from running to fully recover before starting a training block for the Seattle Marathon. This will be my first marathon, so I don’t have particular time goals. I guess just…