Sean's Running Blog

A VERY windy run along the Seattle waterfront this afternoon. If I hadn't been paying attention, I would have been drenched by waves crashing against the shore of Elliot Bay. I'm pretty sure I was running at a 45 degree angle across the Magnolia Bridge. Nice run though. Trying super hard to not overeat during the taper. So far so good.

11 chilly by mostly dry miles this morning. A bit breezy but overall a good run. I've been very fortunate to have good weather during the final weeks of training.

With the shorter days, it's harder and harder to do the midweek workout in the daylight. So the alternative is to find a high school track that is lit. The only problem with that is that the tracks are lit for a reason...and the reason isn't so Sean can get his workout in. Weird.

So I ran 11 miles around the Issaquah High School track, while a JV football game was going on. Hope I wasn't a distraction.

From here on out the three remaining workouts are all marathon sims. Today was 6+2.

All six were in the 5:16-5:21 range and the final two were 5:12 and 5:11. Felt pretty good despite the wind that picked up for tha last half of the workout.

Was going to take today off but needed to step away from the office to catch my breath. So 6 easy miles along Elliot Bay. Drizzled the whole time but felt good.

Weird. Two one-digit mileage days in a row. Hate this part.

I little bit of rain but relatively mild for my next to last workout prior to the marathon next Saturday.

5+1 Hit 5:16-5:21 with a 5:09 for the final mile. Felt good.

I think I have settled on a target pace for Saturday: 5:24.

I know Paul will think that is too slow, but in the end, I don't have any data to support running a 2:19. So I thought about what I would be "thrilled to run" and I settled on sub 2:22...the old OTQ B standard. I would consider a 2:22 on an unaided course to be my best-ever run.

If my biggest problem at the end of running a sub 2:22 is wishing I had run faster, that is a problem I would much rather deal with than going out too fast and blowing up with 10k to go like I did a few years ago at Eugene.

So there you have it. Now let's get this race going already.