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
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
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.
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