Tic Tac Toe, Three Days In A Row

So needless to say the growing coronavirus epidemic WAY overshadows my marathon training journey, but like they say in the entertainment business, the show must go on. This was an interesting week for me. Most significantly, I ran three consecutive days for the first time in months, and my legs actually felt pretty good afterwards. The last run was the six mile Central Park loop, which was a decent fitness test. I ended up averaging 7:37 pace, which I thought was pretty decent given all of the hills and the fact I made a conscious effort not to push too hard given the prior two days' workouts. Yesterday I did my fast 40-minute tempo run for the week, but decided to stick with 7:13 pace (the same as last week), as I was a bit worried about pushing myself too hard. That pace felt fairly comfortable, and more importantly my legs felt fine afterwards. The only other noteworthy thing is the Shamrock Shuffle was predictably canceled. I am not too broken up about it, as I still need to work on my fitness and the LAST thing I needed was a subpar (by my standards) performance to mess with my confidence...

Time To Start Racing Again (And Ordered My VaporFlys...)

So this morning I realized the Shamrock Shuffle is coming up in two weeks and decided to register for it (I had originally planned on running it and just never got around to signing up). I ran this race once before in 2007 as I was training for the NYC Marathon and posted a 35:12. I am almost 100% certain I am much more fit now and definitely have been running a lot more. We'll see how everything goes, but I think my initial goal is sub-34:00 (I was running sub-6:50 pace in late December before I took several weeks off). Oh, and I ordered my pair of Vaporfly Next%; hopefully they will arrive in time for the race, as I ordered them from a sneakerhead trading site name GOAT, as I couldn't find them in stock anywhere else. Now I just have to hope the coronavirus doesn't end up getting the race canceled...