One Mile At A Time

This has been a fairly good training week, with runs on Monday, Wednesday, and this morning and an elliptical machine workout on Tuesday. Yesterday I completed my second six mile run this year on the treadmill, with most of the distance at 7:30 per mile pace. I was pleasantly surprised at how comfortable and easy it felt, which is a really good sign with my formal marathon training program beginning in less than a month. Overall I am really happy with where I am right now. My only complaint is my right knee has been a bit stiff for the last several weeks, but once it warms up it feels perfectly fine. I know it is still too early to even be thinking about time goals, but I just cannot get breaking 3:20 out of my head given how well training has gone thus far...

How Anthony Got His Groove Back

So I have been in a really nice training groove the last few weeks. Last week I did two short bricks and a hard five mile treadmill run, as well as hitting the weights twice. Yesterday I rode an exercise bike for 40 ninutes, and today I lifted weights again. Right now I am primarily focused on staying consistent, but I must say I am really happy with how quickly the strength and speed has returned to my running and spinning. The weather has started to warm up here the last few days -- maybe I can start training outdoors occassionally in the next few weeks. Not that I mind all the gym workouts, but it is just not the same (especially on the bike)...