Hard to believe 3 months in already to this build up phase. While I haven't exactly got up to the miles that I had hoped, I do feel much more comfortable on all my runs now. This week is the first week of my actual marathon training and so far it has been going pretty good. I'll update that next week since this blog is dedicated to the last two weeks.
Week 11 -
I won't go to in depth on these weeks but just highlight a few of my runs. I did a 5 x800 meter workout or what in the running lexicon is called Yasso's. Did a 400 jog in between and hit what I was hoping. Ran 3:04, 3:07, 3:04, 3:08, 3:01. So if the adage holds true that 800's are a predictor of your marathon time then I should be set up for a good marathon in San Diego (I dont believe that by the way, I was running 2:50's last marathon training and wasn't close to that on race day). But this was a good workout for me to build some turnover at a faster clip and get some good hard VO2 max training in.
Other highlight run of this week was 13 miles on Saturday. Was pretty consistent the first 9 miles sitting around 8:20-8:30 and last 4 went down each mile including the last one at 7:43. This was by far my best long run yet. Hopefully the all can go this well.
Week 12 -
Not much to talk about this week. Since I was going to start my actual training next week I decided to take this as a rest week and only ran two days. Had two good runs but it was nothing really to talk about.
So now i'm all rested and ready to attack the next 16 weeks. I've found out i'm going to be traveling a bunch the next couple of weeks so that will throw some wrenches into my training and cause me to do some mid week long runs but gotta survive and adapt.
Fundraising: Nothing new on the fundraising really. I'm up to $3,325. I went to the kick off meeting for our Team in Training group and was excited to meet some of them. A bunch of great people doing something extraordinary for a good cause. Many of who are not big runners, bikers, triathletes, etc. Being that I had already hit my goal I was recognized at the meeting and presented with a team in training hat (which will come in handy at San Diego) and a bag so that was nice.
Anyway that is it for this week. Again if you haven't donated yet please use the link below and donate and if you have it would be great if you shared the link with others.
http://pages.teamintraining.org/nc/rnr12/brandonhillisformybro
Friday, February 10, 2012
Monday, January 23, 2012
Week 9 and 10
Okay so much for updating every week again. Missed the week before but thankfully there wasn't much to share as I ended up only running 2 days. I was unfortunately sidelined due to some pain in my hip that as of now has thankfully subsided.
Week 9 -
Blah, Blah, Blah, hip hurt. Ran two days this week. One good and one not so good. Didn't do my first run until Thursday which was a great 6 mile run. Did it in 8:04 pace but was able to drop the last mile in 7:14 without much effort but I guess thats to be expected after 5 days off. I tried to do another run on Saturday and struggled from the get go and ended up doing 6.6 miles at 8:09 pace but it just plain sucked.
While this week of training won't go into my hall of fame I feel that it was important one as it made me really start to analyze my training and reset my mind for what it takes to get through marathon training. Also how I need to structure my runs and get more focused on going into my runs everyday.
Cue week 10.
Monday - 6 miles - 8:13 pace - http://connect.garmin.com/activity/142830756
Felt good. Kept it pretty easy. Noticed i've been getting tired a mile or two in so i'm making a conscience effort to go out my first two miles a little slower. Trying to stay more focused
Tuesday - 8 miles - 8:04 pace - http://connect.garmin.com/activity/142830752
This run I went in super focused since this was pretty much my longest run since the 10 mile long run disaster of a few weeks ago. I think this might be a pivotal run in my training as I ran really well and consistent the whole way and felt strong. Was a little nervous for this run since I haven't ran this far in about a week and a half but kept my goal of starting off the first 2 miles a little slower and felt good. Was a little tired towards the end but was still able to finish strong
Wed - 6 miles - 8:09 pace - http://connect.garmin.com/activity/142830747
Nice easy 6 miler. With the workout coming up the next day I tried to hold back and keep it b/w 8:15-8:30 pace.
Thursday - 6 total miles - 3 miles at 6:53 pace - http://connect.garmin.com/activity/143239208
Did 3 miles on the track so was flat and laps were pretty consistent. Allowed some negative thoughts to creep in the 2nd mile which ended up being my slowest mile but went 6:51, 7:03, 6:44 so pretty happy with it. 7:05 is my hope for race pace so was ahead of that.
Friday - 4 total miles - 8:31 pace
Very easy run with the 12 mile long run coming up the next day. Had to force myself to hold back on the pace which is a good thing.
Saturday - 12 total miles - 8:26 pace - http://connect.garmin.com/activity/143426786
Was pretty nervous for this one especially being that it was 40 degrees, raining and I ran at Salem Lake so it was a bit muddy. Had to fight some negative thoughts during the run which is something i'm really going to focus on in these long runs as i'm out there by myself for almost 2 hours it can be boring and I need to stay positive. That is something I struggled with in my first two marathons in the later miles so really want to do well. Miles were consistent. Right around the 8:30 mark which is what I wanted to hit. Was able to pick it up the last mile and finish in 7:41. Legs were pretty tired and was a bit sore on Sunday but a good sore.
Total - 42 miles - 5 hour 48 minutes and 15 seconds of running for the week. Got my first 6 day week and now it's pretty much non-stop until June 3rd. Hopefully I can transition some of this confidence and momentum into the next couple of weeks as I continue to build my base up for the specific training beginning in March. 47 miles on the docket for this week.
Fundraising update: Up to $3,325 now and well past my Team in Training goal. Would like to thank Martha Wright, Darcy Kuykendall for your generous donations. Still hoping to get to $4,000 as the momentum is starting to slow a bit. I think i've reached out to everyone I know so far but need to keep at it. Thank you all again for your support and please continue to share my page and help me reach my goal of $4,000.
Donation page is here: http://pages.teamintraining.org/nc/rnr12/brandonhillisformybro
Have a great week.
Week 9 -
Blah, Blah, Blah, hip hurt. Ran two days this week. One good and one not so good. Didn't do my first run until Thursday which was a great 6 mile run. Did it in 8:04 pace but was able to drop the last mile in 7:14 without much effort but I guess thats to be expected after 5 days off. I tried to do another run on Saturday and struggled from the get go and ended up doing 6.6 miles at 8:09 pace but it just plain sucked.
While this week of training won't go into my hall of fame I feel that it was important one as it made me really start to analyze my training and reset my mind for what it takes to get through marathon training. Also how I need to structure my runs and get more focused on going into my runs everyday.
Cue week 10.
Monday - 6 miles - 8:13 pace - http://connect.garmin.com/activity/142830756
Felt good. Kept it pretty easy. Noticed i've been getting tired a mile or two in so i'm making a conscience effort to go out my first two miles a little slower. Trying to stay more focused
Tuesday - 8 miles - 8:04 pace - http://connect.garmin.com/activity/142830752
This run I went in super focused since this was pretty much my longest run since the 10 mile long run disaster of a few weeks ago. I think this might be a pivotal run in my training as I ran really well and consistent the whole way and felt strong. Was a little nervous for this run since I haven't ran this far in about a week and a half but kept my goal of starting off the first 2 miles a little slower and felt good. Was a little tired towards the end but was still able to finish strong
Wed - 6 miles - 8:09 pace - http://connect.garmin.com/activity/142830747
Nice easy 6 miler. With the workout coming up the next day I tried to hold back and keep it b/w 8:15-8:30 pace.
Thursday - 6 total miles - 3 miles at 6:53 pace - http://connect.garmin.com/activity/143239208
Did 3 miles on the track so was flat and laps were pretty consistent. Allowed some negative thoughts to creep in the 2nd mile which ended up being my slowest mile but went 6:51, 7:03, 6:44 so pretty happy with it. 7:05 is my hope for race pace so was ahead of that.
Friday - 4 total miles - 8:31 pace
Very easy run with the 12 mile long run coming up the next day. Had to force myself to hold back on the pace which is a good thing.
Saturday - 12 total miles - 8:26 pace - http://connect.garmin.com/activity/143426786
Was pretty nervous for this one especially being that it was 40 degrees, raining and I ran at Salem Lake so it was a bit muddy. Had to fight some negative thoughts during the run which is something i'm really going to focus on in these long runs as i'm out there by myself for almost 2 hours it can be boring and I need to stay positive. That is something I struggled with in my first two marathons in the later miles so really want to do well. Miles were consistent. Right around the 8:30 mark which is what I wanted to hit. Was able to pick it up the last mile and finish in 7:41. Legs were pretty tired and was a bit sore on Sunday but a good sore.
Total - 42 miles - 5 hour 48 minutes and 15 seconds of running for the week. Got my first 6 day week and now it's pretty much non-stop until June 3rd. Hopefully I can transition some of this confidence and momentum into the next couple of weeks as I continue to build my base up for the specific training beginning in March. 47 miles on the docket for this week.
Fundraising update: Up to $3,325 now and well past my Team in Training goal. Would like to thank Martha Wright, Darcy Kuykendall for your generous donations. Still hoping to get to $4,000 as the momentum is starting to slow a bit. I think i've reached out to everyone I know so far but need to keep at it. Thank you all again for your support and please continue to share my page and help me reach my goal of $4,000.
Donation page is here: http://pages.teamintraining.org/nc/rnr12/brandonhillisformybro
Have a great week.
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Week 6, 7 and 8
Well got a little lazy over the holidays and with the first week getting back to work. So I haven't updated the blog in a good while. I will spare you the details of every run over the last three weeks but will try and just do an update of how the week went and starting next week i'll try and get a little better about updating weekly.
Week 6
This was the week of Christmas. I was able to get 5 good runs in and totaled 26 miles for the week. Had planned on getting a 6th run done on Christmas day but ended up eating blueberry muffins instead. I had a good long run of 8 miles around Salem Lake, ran consistent miles in the 8:20 and finished with a 7:40 final mile. Never really felt to labored which was great.
Week 7
It was nice this week because we were off of work but I was also heading to Boston on Friday so wanted to make sure I got some good runs in up there so that I wasn't having to cram in miles while I traveled. Since I was going to be in Boston I went ahead and did my long run on that Wed and got in my best long run yet. 9 miles at 8:04 pace including a 7:14 last mile. Ended up getting 29 miles for the week after a nice 4 miler in Boston with Ian so doing good increasing the weekly mileage.
Week 8
Back to the grind. This was my first week back to work and having to get back in to a routine again. I ended up with 30 miles for the week, some good some bad. I did my first kind of faster run which consisted of a 2 mile fitness test more then a tempo run. I wasn't sure what to expect since most of my runs have been just regular runs and my original goal was to be around 7 min pace. Well ended up running it in 13:13, 6:38 first mile, 6:35 2nd mile. Was a bit labored towards the end but overall happy with that time. Plan is now to incorporate at least one workout a week for the next 7 weeks or so before I start getting into the actual marathon training plan portion of schedule. Also did my first double digit long run which just plain sucked all around. I got leg cramps about 5 miles in so had to keep stopping and stretching plus got lost. There was a race at Salem Lake, which is my usual long run spot, so I tried to run the roads and quickly learned I don't know Winston very well. Pace wasn't to bad at 8:22 and I got done which is all that matters. Unfortunately woke up with some pain in my hip that caused me to take Sunday off (as well as Mon-Wed of this week but more about that in next weeks episode).
Fundraising update:
Thanks to everyone who donated so far I have reached my Team in Training Goal of $2,900. I'm sitting right now at exactly $2,900 raised. It's amazing that it only took two months to hit that goal and can't thank everybody enough who has donated, shared my link and blog on facebook and twitter or e-mailed out my link. The power of social media is amazing and pretty much all the money that has been donated has been bc of it so thank you Mark Zuckerburg for inventing Facebook. HA. But I don't want to stop trying to raise money now that i've hit my TIT goal so i've set a new personal goal of $4,000. Between now and June I would love to be able to raise another $1,100 to get to $4,000 so please pass along the link to my page to anyone that you might know. If you want me to craft and e-mail or letter just let me know and I would be happy to do that.
Link to my page: http://pages.teamintraining.org/nc/rnr12/brandonhillisformybro
Well that is the update. I'm looking forward to watching the US Olympic Marathon Trials on Saturday and hopefully it will be a motivator for me as I start to get into the meat and potatoes of my training. Also signed up for the NYC Marathon lottery. This will be my 3rd try at getting in, so hopefully this is the magical time. While that would be an expensive weekend, it is def on my bucket list and from what everybody tells me it's an amazing experience so keep your fingers crossed for me.
Week 6
This was the week of Christmas. I was able to get 5 good runs in and totaled 26 miles for the week. Had planned on getting a 6th run done on Christmas day but ended up eating blueberry muffins instead. I had a good long run of 8 miles around Salem Lake, ran consistent miles in the 8:20 and finished with a 7:40 final mile. Never really felt to labored which was great.
Week 7
It was nice this week because we were off of work but I was also heading to Boston on Friday so wanted to make sure I got some good runs in up there so that I wasn't having to cram in miles while I traveled. Since I was going to be in Boston I went ahead and did my long run on that Wed and got in my best long run yet. 9 miles at 8:04 pace including a 7:14 last mile. Ended up getting 29 miles for the week after a nice 4 miler in Boston with Ian so doing good increasing the weekly mileage.
Week 8
Back to the grind. This was my first week back to work and having to get back in to a routine again. I ended up with 30 miles for the week, some good some bad. I did my first kind of faster run which consisted of a 2 mile fitness test more then a tempo run. I wasn't sure what to expect since most of my runs have been just regular runs and my original goal was to be around 7 min pace. Well ended up running it in 13:13, 6:38 first mile, 6:35 2nd mile. Was a bit labored towards the end but overall happy with that time. Plan is now to incorporate at least one workout a week for the next 7 weeks or so before I start getting into the actual marathon training plan portion of schedule. Also did my first double digit long run which just plain sucked all around. I got leg cramps about 5 miles in so had to keep stopping and stretching plus got lost. There was a race at Salem Lake, which is my usual long run spot, so I tried to run the roads and quickly learned I don't know Winston very well. Pace wasn't to bad at 8:22 and I got done which is all that matters. Unfortunately woke up with some pain in my hip that caused me to take Sunday off (as well as Mon-Wed of this week but more about that in next weeks episode).
Fundraising update:
Thanks to everyone who donated so far I have reached my Team in Training Goal of $2,900. I'm sitting right now at exactly $2,900 raised. It's amazing that it only took two months to hit that goal and can't thank everybody enough who has donated, shared my link and blog on facebook and twitter or e-mailed out my link. The power of social media is amazing and pretty much all the money that has been donated has been bc of it so thank you Mark Zuckerburg for inventing Facebook. HA. But I don't want to stop trying to raise money now that i've hit my TIT goal so i've set a new personal goal of $4,000. Between now and June I would love to be able to raise another $1,100 to get to $4,000 so please pass along the link to my page to anyone that you might know. If you want me to craft and e-mail or letter just let me know and I would be happy to do that.
Link to my page: http://pages.teamintraining.org/nc/rnr12/brandonhillisformybro
Well that is the update. I'm looking forward to watching the US Olympic Marathon Trials on Saturday and hopefully it will be a motivator for me as I start to get into the meat and potatoes of my training. Also signed up for the NYC Marathon lottery. This will be my 3rd try at getting in, so hopefully this is the magical time. While that would be an expensive weekend, it is def on my bucket list and from what everybody tells me it's an amazing experience so keep your fingers crossed for me.
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Week 5
This is going to be a short one unfortunately. While I had planned on doing a low key week this week I got a little lazier than I wanted to and ended up only running 3 days. Good thing is that its still early but a little dissapointed in myself that I didn't get in at least 4-5 days. My runs were good at least since I was going to be doing much I tried to run a little faster and had some good splits. This week is going to be tough though now as I am doing my first 6 day week and 30+ mile week. But anyway here we go.
Monday - 4 miles http://connect.garmin.com/activity/135599367
Yes I know my garmin only says I ran 1.55 but unfortunately it died on me at that point although it had been on the charger for a good 24 hours. Run was good. Felt like I was running a good clip but no idea what my pace ended up being. Crazy how reliant we are on those things.
Tuesday - off
Had a dinner after work with all of our GM's who were in town. I need to work on getting up and running in the morning on days like this.
Wednesday - off
Boss was in town so took our group out for dinner and drinks so same as above.
Thursday - 4 miles at 7:53 pace http://connect.garmin.com/activity/135599364
Run was really good and picked it up a bit the last two miles. Forgot to hit my mile splits but last mile was in 6:54 which was huge.
Friday - off
Went to Burlington to visit friends and see Tues and Wed. Really need to push myself out the door in the morning on days like this.
Sat - off
To much moonshine. Thanks Neese's :)
Sun - 4 miles at 7:46 pace.
Felt bad for taking so much time off so ran this one pretty hard. Good thing to is it didn't feel that bad. Again forgot to hit my mile splits but my last mile was around 7:14 so happy with that.
Again big week coming up this week running 6 days and 30 plus miles including an 8 mile long run. Going to have to get my butt out the door for 4 miles on Christmas Day. Then next week head to Boston for 4 days so plan on that being an easier week but will still have to get some runs in. Once i'm back from Boston and we hit January i'll be ramping it up with nothing but 6 day weeks and loads of miles. Hopefully I can get up to 15 or 16 by the time March comes around and I get into the marathon specific training.
Fundraising update:
Been another great week and another humbling week. Thanks to the kind donations from Marc Mayer, Marshall Eagle, My aunt and Uncle Diane and Thom, grandparents Clyde and Mary Myers, Thomas Finneran, and my good friend Ian Fessler I have eclipsed the $2,000 mark and am not sitting at $2,101 which is 72% of my goal. I signed up for Team in Training on 11/11 and in just a little over a month i've raised over $2,100 which is amazing and am so thankful to know so many wonderful and kind people. THANK YOU.
Again you can donate here: http://pages.teamintraining.org/nc/rnr12/brandonhillisformybro#My-Fundraising-Page
Also my good friend Kelli Russell has decided to do this journey with me. All that know Kelli know she is one of the kindest, most loyal and great friend that anyone can have. Please if you could help Kelli out and donate to her fundraising goal as well. With your help we can hopefully someday cure this dreaded disease.
http://pages.teamintraining.org/nc/rnr12/teamintrainingkellirussell
Monday - 4 miles http://connect.garmin.com/activity/135599367
Yes I know my garmin only says I ran 1.55 but unfortunately it died on me at that point although it had been on the charger for a good 24 hours. Run was good. Felt like I was running a good clip but no idea what my pace ended up being. Crazy how reliant we are on those things.
Tuesday - off
Had a dinner after work with all of our GM's who were in town. I need to work on getting up and running in the morning on days like this.
Wednesday - off
Boss was in town so took our group out for dinner and drinks so same as above.
Thursday - 4 miles at 7:53 pace http://connect.garmin.com/activity/135599364
Run was really good and picked it up a bit the last two miles. Forgot to hit my mile splits but last mile was in 6:54 which was huge.
Friday - off
Went to Burlington to visit friends and see Tues and Wed. Really need to push myself out the door in the morning on days like this.
Sat - off
To much moonshine. Thanks Neese's :)
Sun - 4 miles at 7:46 pace.
Felt bad for taking so much time off so ran this one pretty hard. Good thing to is it didn't feel that bad. Again forgot to hit my mile splits but my last mile was around 7:14 so happy with that.
Again big week coming up this week running 6 days and 30 plus miles including an 8 mile long run. Going to have to get my butt out the door for 4 miles on Christmas Day. Then next week head to Boston for 4 days so plan on that being an easier week but will still have to get some runs in. Once i'm back from Boston and we hit January i'll be ramping it up with nothing but 6 day weeks and loads of miles. Hopefully I can get up to 15 or 16 by the time March comes around and I get into the marathon specific training.
Fundraising update:
Been another great week and another humbling week. Thanks to the kind donations from Marc Mayer, Marshall Eagle, My aunt and Uncle Diane and Thom, grandparents Clyde and Mary Myers, Thomas Finneran, and my good friend Ian Fessler I have eclipsed the $2,000 mark and am not sitting at $2,101 which is 72% of my goal. I signed up for Team in Training on 11/11 and in just a little over a month i've raised over $2,100 which is amazing and am so thankful to know so many wonderful and kind people. THANK YOU.
Again you can donate here: http://pages.teamintraining.org/nc/rnr12/brandonhillisformybro#My-Fundraising-Page
Also my good friend Kelli Russell has decided to do this journey with me. All that know Kelli know she is one of the kindest, most loyal and great friend that anyone can have. Please if you could help Kelli out and donate to her fundraising goal as well. With your help we can hopefully someday cure this dreaded disease.
http://pages.teamintraining.org/nc/rnr12/teamintrainingkellirussell
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Week 4
Week 4 of training is in the books. Starting to feel like I'm getting my legs back a little bit. Breathing still isn't quite there but am feeling strong at the end of runs and always finishing faster then I start which is a good sign. Next few weeks are going to be tough with training and the holidays especially with a trip to Boston for New Years. I'm taking a step back this week and plan on going hard next week before another easy week while I am up in Boston. Once I get back though it will be miles and miles and miles until March kicks off the actual Marathon training.
I've increased my mileage every week so far hence the step back week this upcoming week. This past week was my highest mileage yet at 24 which is the most I've ran in a week in probably 6 months. It went like this:
Monday - 4.03 miles at 8:11 pace. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/133958640
Felt pretty good, didn't push it to much. Mondays are typically easy days especially coming off of the long run saturday and no day off Sunday.
Tuesday - 5.01 miles at 7:50 pace. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/133958451
My best run of training yet. Weather was perfect. About 60 degrees and misting and I just decided to take off. Was pretty consistent for the first 4 miles and then dropped the last mile in 7:02. Big confidence booster to know that I still have some of that in me.
Wed - off
Thurs - 5 miles at 8:01 pace. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/133957928
Felt good after the day off. Was a nice steady consistent run. Sub 8 min miles for the last 2 which was good. Slowly getting that sucker down.
Fri - off
Sat - 7 miles at 8:10 pace. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/133957206
First trip all the way around Salem Lake. Was a cold morning and was probably a bit overdressed as I was soaked when I got done but pretty much found my long run spot I think. Was nice not to run on pavement and have a different view. There was a hill at the end that was pretty rough but other then that loved running there. As for the run itself it's encouraging that as I've increased my long runs my avg. pace hasn't dropped off. If I can get up to over 10 miles and continue to be around 8:00 pace for my long runs I will be happy as I'll be able to drop that as I incorporate more workouts. Last 2 miles were kinda tough and had to mentally keep myself in there but made it with only one stop to give some people directions.
Sun - 3.01 miles at 8:10 pace. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/133956690
Easy shake out type run Sunday morning. Was pretty cold but got out there.
Total: 24.05 miles for the week and total on my feet running time of 3 hours 16 minutes and 33 seconds. Looking forward to a step back week this week and then jumping back up to a 6 day tough week next week.
Fundraising update: $1,641 donated and sitting at 57% of a goal. Another great week and want to thank Susanne Ware, my grandpa Jimbo and my aunt and uncle Randy and Mabel Myers for the generous donations this week.
Don't forget only a few more weeks to get your tax write off donations in for 2011. Please pass along this blog and my link to anyone you know. All donations are welcome. If you don't feel comfortable donating via the Internet. Reach out to me at bph1800@yahoo.com and I can give you instructions on sending checks. Thanks again for reading.
DONATE HERE: http://pages.teamintraining.org/nc/rnr12/brandonhillisformybro
I've increased my mileage every week so far hence the step back week this upcoming week. This past week was my highest mileage yet at 24 which is the most I've ran in a week in probably 6 months. It went like this:
Monday - 4.03 miles at 8:11 pace. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/133958640
Felt pretty good, didn't push it to much. Mondays are typically easy days especially coming off of the long run saturday and no day off Sunday.
Tuesday - 5.01 miles at 7:50 pace. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/133958451
My best run of training yet. Weather was perfect. About 60 degrees and misting and I just decided to take off. Was pretty consistent for the first 4 miles and then dropped the last mile in 7:02. Big confidence booster to know that I still have some of that in me.
Wed - off
Thurs - 5 miles at 8:01 pace. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/133957928
Felt good after the day off. Was a nice steady consistent run. Sub 8 min miles for the last 2 which was good. Slowly getting that sucker down.
Fri - off
Sat - 7 miles at 8:10 pace. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/133957206
First trip all the way around Salem Lake. Was a cold morning and was probably a bit overdressed as I was soaked when I got done but pretty much found my long run spot I think. Was nice not to run on pavement and have a different view. There was a hill at the end that was pretty rough but other then that loved running there. As for the run itself it's encouraging that as I've increased my long runs my avg. pace hasn't dropped off. If I can get up to over 10 miles and continue to be around 8:00 pace for my long runs I will be happy as I'll be able to drop that as I incorporate more workouts. Last 2 miles were kinda tough and had to mentally keep myself in there but made it with only one stop to give some people directions.
Sun - 3.01 miles at 8:10 pace. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/133956690
Easy shake out type run Sunday morning. Was pretty cold but got out there.
Total: 24.05 miles for the week and total on my feet running time of 3 hours 16 minutes and 33 seconds. Looking forward to a step back week this week and then jumping back up to a 6 day tough week next week.
Fundraising update: $1,641 donated and sitting at 57% of a goal. Another great week and want to thank Susanne Ware, my grandpa Jimbo and my aunt and uncle Randy and Mabel Myers for the generous donations this week.
Don't forget only a few more weeks to get your tax write off donations in for 2011. Please pass along this blog and my link to anyone you know. All donations are welcome. If you don't feel comfortable donating via the Internet. Reach out to me at bph1800@yahoo.com and I can give you instructions on sending checks. Thanks again for reading.
DONATE HERE: http://pages.teamintraining.org/nc/rnr12/brandonhillisformybro
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Week 3
So week 3 of training is in the books and successfully got in 5 days this week. Still struggling some but am slowly starting to get my legs and lungs back. Really need to start doing a better job of focusing on my nutrition but just like the running that's a process. As much as hate the amount of whole wheat pasta and brown rice I'm going to eat over the next 7 months I need to do it instead of eating the unhealthy stuff.
On to training. I've finally got back to uploading my runs on garmin connect so I'll start posting the links to my runs for each day.
Monday - 4 miles at 8:06 pace. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/132424591
Felt pretty good. Wasn't struggling or breathing to hard.
Tuesday - 5 miles at 8:20 pace. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/132424581
Struggled on this one as legs felt weak and just never got in a rhythm.
Wed. - off. Went to UNC-Wisconsin game and didn't get home till late.
Thursday - off
Friday - 4 miles at 8:09 pace. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/132424571
Felt really good on this run which I should after two days off but held back some knowing that I had my long run in another 12 hours.
Saturday - 6 miles at 8:16 pace. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/132424563
First few miles felt blah but after a while got into a rhythm. Probably could have sped it up some the last 3 miles but wanted to keep it steady and just get my legs used to moving for that amount of time. Ran last mile in 7:45 so finished strong. This felt like my first real long run of the training. For some reason 5 miles doesn't seem long to me but tacking it up to 6 does. Weird I know.
Sunday - 3 miles.
Just a really slow shake out run. Didn't even bring my watch but just did an easy 3 miles.
So 5 total runs for 22 miles. Slowly making my way up there and have a five day run week scheduled for the next two weeks before upping it to 6 days a week. Legs are still a bit tired but have a feeling that it will be like that here for the first couple of months. Still on my goal of hitting 40-50 miles consistently for a few weeks before starting the more intense marathon specific training in March. Am planning on doing a 3 mile tempo at some point before Christmas just to see where I'm at fitness wise.
Fundraising update: Thanks to generous donations from Amanda Young and Tanya Young I am at $1,396 raised which is 48% of my goal. I would love to get to at least 50% by Christmas. So all of you out there know what to give me for Christmas now :)
Please donate and please pass along the link to my page: http://pages.teamintraining.org/nc/rnr12/brandonhillisformybro#My-Fundraising-Page
Till Next Week. Ciao.
On to training. I've finally got back to uploading my runs on garmin connect so I'll start posting the links to my runs for each day.
Monday - 4 miles at 8:06 pace. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/132424591
Felt pretty good. Wasn't struggling or breathing to hard.
Tuesday - 5 miles at 8:20 pace. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/132424581
Struggled on this one as legs felt weak and just never got in a rhythm.
Wed. - off. Went to UNC-Wisconsin game and didn't get home till late.
Thursday - off
Friday - 4 miles at 8:09 pace. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/132424571
Felt really good on this run which I should after two days off but held back some knowing that I had my long run in another 12 hours.
Saturday - 6 miles at 8:16 pace. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/132424563
First few miles felt blah but after a while got into a rhythm. Probably could have sped it up some the last 3 miles but wanted to keep it steady and just get my legs used to moving for that amount of time. Ran last mile in 7:45 so finished strong. This felt like my first real long run of the training. For some reason 5 miles doesn't seem long to me but tacking it up to 6 does. Weird I know.
Sunday - 3 miles.
Just a really slow shake out run. Didn't even bring my watch but just did an easy 3 miles.
So 5 total runs for 22 miles. Slowly making my way up there and have a five day run week scheduled for the next two weeks before upping it to 6 days a week. Legs are still a bit tired but have a feeling that it will be like that here for the first couple of months. Still on my goal of hitting 40-50 miles consistently for a few weeks before starting the more intense marathon specific training in March. Am planning on doing a 3 mile tempo at some point before Christmas just to see where I'm at fitness wise.
Fundraising update: Thanks to generous donations from Amanda Young and Tanya Young I am at $1,396 raised which is 48% of my goal. I would love to get to at least 50% by Christmas. So all of you out there know what to give me for Christmas now :)
Please donate and please pass along the link to my page: http://pages.teamintraining.org/nc/rnr12/brandonhillisformybro#My-Fundraising-Page
Till Next Week. Ciao.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Thanksgiving Week
This will be a pretty quick update as not much went on with training as I was trying to overcome a cold most of the week so although I got 4 runs in they weren't that great.
Monday - Felt like death so didn't run.
Tuesday - Started to feel a little better but still not ready to run.
Wed - Got off of work a little bit early and was able to get 3 miles in before heading down to Charlotte. Couldn't breathe through my nose but was still able to run 8:01 pace.
Thurs - Got up early and since I was back in Charlotte decided to head to my old stomping grounds at McMullen Greenway. Man I miss that place. 6 miles of flat shaded running with markers every quarter mile. Didn't feel great but since I was there I wanted to get a longer run in so ended up doing 5 miles at 8:08 pace. Picked up a bit on the last mile and finished in 7:46.
Friday - Headed to another favorite spot of mine before I left to head back to Winston and did 4 miles through the streets of Dilworth. Another great spot to run. Did 4 miles at 8:00 pace.
Saturday - Was a struggle. Back in Winston and I don't if it was just 4 days of running in a row which i haven't done in a while or still not being able to breathe through my nose very well but run sucked. Struggled through 5 miles at 8:11 pace.
Sunday - ended up taking off. I thought about doing a 3 mile jog but wanted to take the increase in miles slow.
So ended up with 17 miles for the week. Up one mile from the previous week. Not as much of an increase as I wanted but the cold through some things off. Plan now is to hit 5 days for the next two weeks and then have a step back week before hitting my regular schedule of 6 days.
Fundraising update: Thanks to some generous folks I am now up to $1,271 raised so far in two weeks which is unbelievable! Want to give a big shot out to Thomas Coughlin and Fred Hsu for the extremely generous donations. It is greatly appreciated. So right now i'm sitting at 44% and still have a long way to go so please, please, please send in your donations. Only one more month to get that tax write off :)
Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and has a great week this week.
http://pages.teamintraining.org/nc/rnr12/brandonhillisformybro#My-Fundraising-Page
Monday - Felt like death so didn't run.
Tuesday - Started to feel a little better but still not ready to run.
Wed - Got off of work a little bit early and was able to get 3 miles in before heading down to Charlotte. Couldn't breathe through my nose but was still able to run 8:01 pace.
Thurs - Got up early and since I was back in Charlotte decided to head to my old stomping grounds at McMullen Greenway. Man I miss that place. 6 miles of flat shaded running with markers every quarter mile. Didn't feel great but since I was there I wanted to get a longer run in so ended up doing 5 miles at 8:08 pace. Picked up a bit on the last mile and finished in 7:46.
Friday - Headed to another favorite spot of mine before I left to head back to Winston and did 4 miles through the streets of Dilworth. Another great spot to run. Did 4 miles at 8:00 pace.
Saturday - Was a struggle. Back in Winston and I don't if it was just 4 days of running in a row which i haven't done in a while or still not being able to breathe through my nose very well but run sucked. Struggled through 5 miles at 8:11 pace.
Sunday - ended up taking off. I thought about doing a 3 mile jog but wanted to take the increase in miles slow.
So ended up with 17 miles for the week. Up one mile from the previous week. Not as much of an increase as I wanted but the cold through some things off. Plan now is to hit 5 days for the next two weeks and then have a step back week before hitting my regular schedule of 6 days.
Fundraising update: Thanks to some generous folks I am now up to $1,271 raised so far in two weeks which is unbelievable! Want to give a big shot out to Thomas Coughlin and Fred Hsu for the extremely generous donations. It is greatly appreciated. So right now i'm sitting at 44% and still have a long way to go so please, please, please send in your donations. Only one more month to get that tax write off :)
Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and has a great week this week.
http://pages.teamintraining.org/nc/rnr12/brandonhillisformybro#My-Fundraising-Page
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