tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925925396644006805.post2997015496994703626..comments2023-10-31T05:03:59.763-06:00Comments on Run With Jill: It's a Go.....Jillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10174883718651790845noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925925396644006805.post-48676006117294474082009-04-24T10:50:00.000-06:002009-04-24T10:50:00.000-06:00Yes...I was digging for some clue to marathons you...Yes...I was digging for some clue to marathons you have done to see if they'd fit into my plan for the fall. I think my trainer thinks that we just get stronger over the summer and then when I'm ready, pick a marathon. But it doesn't work that way, the "good" races are filled or possess a lottery so if you want one that is going to get you the golden ticket, you need to plan ahead. <br /><br />I am not worried about the training, I am pretty diligent and devoted to it and will move around almost everything to accommodate my training. But I am tired. Not tired of the training but more so feeling the effects of my 46 year old body keeping up the insanity. I want to push hard for two more great marathons and then I want to still train hard, but not put the pressure on me to excel; I want to run marathons for pleasure and if I happen to PR or vastly improve, then that's icing on the cake...but to go into a race with a PR in mind, I don't want to do that for much longer. I have two more fights left in me and that's the plan!<br /><br />I think everyone's success varies from one to another. If I did your plan, my trainer and the instructors from my coaching class would have heart-failure - haha. But if your mind is convinced that it works, then nothing else can really change it, at least not while it's on a roll and working. Eventually, though, I feel strongly that if you continue to the same thing, you produce the same results. I had a winter of strong core training and I came back this spring running better than ever. So core training in implanted in my brain. But I'm ready to beef up the mileage some do a lot of speed work...I even got a Garmin as a gift so that I can learn to slow my long run pace down and pick up my tempo. <br /><br />You've been a great inspiration to me and my running and I look forward to sharing the road with you. Now...if you'd just take me along to Greece, I'd be in total heaven :).<br /><br />JJillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10174883718651790845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925925396644006805.post-53423369938911440232009-04-24T07:50:00.000-06:002009-04-24T07:50:00.000-06:00Having read this post now I understand your questi...Having read this post now I understand your questions last night. Yes a sub 3:45 is very "doable" for you. I remember starting out at 3:53 (1991) and trying to improve. There were ups and downs. Breaking 3:45 was one barrier, then breaking 3:30 the next barrier. When I PR'd at Las Vegas (3:25) I thought that was it, but in 2001 I had a great year due to high mileage and weekly long groups runs in the snow all winter with the Sojourners Running Club. It also helped training with Cheryl Harper was is a former SGM champion. So breaking 1:30 in the half happened and breaking 3:10 in the full happened too. You CAN fit a training schedule around your busy life and still find a balance. If it helps, I don't do gym work Jill, I believe that if you want to be a stronger runner, then the formula is total weekly mileage + hills + Yasso 800's + one weekly LONG run plus good nutrition... and then you have to believe in yourself and remove all doubt. ok ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com