Well… luckily my training has been a bit more consistent than my blogging. This will change going down the home stretch of this challenge, I promise (that my entries will increase, not that my running will stop). That being said, I thought I would give you guys a bit of an update on where this journey is at. What I’ve learned these last few months
Vancouver Bound With the first few months of training in the books, I had to be honest with myself and assess if I felt strong enough to take on a BQ race at this stage in my training, and the answer was no. I was worried I was going to push to get an earlier marathon in and miss the cutoff which would have me recovering for a month at the very least, which would significantly slow my progression. Therefore, I have moved down to the half in Vancouver. But this is not going to be a cake-walk by any means. My goal is to hit the race equivalent for my BQ time in the half, which is a sub 1:28:00. I’m feeling I can hit and surpass this goal as I have been focusing my last few weeks on pushing my threshold with quality workouts, check’em out below: Looking Forward to Edmonton!... Well that’s a first
It’s official. Edmonton will be my first attempt in the 12 to BQ journey and while August seems like a long ways away, its only 16 weeks. In that 16 weeks I have to account for another week of tapering for Vancouver, 2 weeks of recovering and an Edmonton buildup. It’s certainly going to be a challenge but I am EXCITED!! Who else is in for running Edmonton this year?
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AuthorDan is a middle aged, overweight, desk jockey with an overactive imagination that has him convinced he can go from Burger King patron of the month to a Boston Qualifier in just 12 months. Archives
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