3 x 2 mile (1:00 jog) 1 mile. Very tough workout this morning. Still rounding into form. Another 4 weeks or so of hard workouts. Still not as fit as I need to he if I want to hit my goal. Wish I was in a little better position.

Generally speaking, if you want to improve in the marathon, you need to be running on tired legs. If you are always waiting for strong, rested legs then you should focus on the 5k. Just start slow on days both you and your legs don’t feel like running. After a mile, or k you will warmup and feel fine.

Over-cooked myself from Saturday-Tuesday this past week, so I took Thursday, and Friday off to reset. Hope for a strong next 5 weeks going into the Long Beach Marathon. 🙏

Somehow SoCal has turned into Mississippi the last however many weeks. Even starting at 6am doesn’t help all that much. Still got in some good work with a good crew though. Please God let this spell break!

30 x 400m at MP (:28 jog). Really hot and humid week. Looking for some relief to see how fit I actually am in decent conditions. Great workout.

Finished the week with another 20+ 20 back to back miler. Feeling really strong and fit. Hope I can put it all together in 6 weeks. 🙏

4 x 5k (2:00 jog). 5:36 average for the 5k’s. My pacing is still really bad. This should have been slower. I paid for it on the last 5k. This should have been 5:43 pace. Need to really dial this in…

2nd threshold workout of the day yesterday. Increased volume of work, and slowed down the pace to actual threshold. Felt much more sustainable to what I have been doing. Also was nice running on the boardwalk. Focused for the race.

14 x 800 this morning. Finally decided to slow down the paces for the next 7 weeks till the marathon. Will actually be running threshold for the next month and a half on the track. Aiming for 2:30 at Long Beach Marathon. 🙏

That was ROUGH!!! Never blown up like that in a race before. I was 1st masters runner, but the experience, and showing was so bad, I don’t really care about that. I need to choose a horse to ride. Trying to be both a fast road guy, and a fast trail guy ain’t it. Maybe others can do that, but I don’t think I have that ability. rip

Yesterday mornings workout: 5k tempo Last nights workout: 6 x 800 Got interrupted by the school band, so both my rest, and splits were all over the place. Good day of training regardless. Now I chill for a few days before the race Saturday. There are some heavy hitters signed up. Im gona get crushed lol

Easy trail Sunday. 50k race next Saturday, so pretty easy week coming up. Not an “A” race, otherwise I would do a proper taper. Body has adapted to the bigger volume. Hope to get some PR’s in the next 8 weeks. 🙏

Great workout in tough conditions. Was aiming for 5:20 pace today, and went a little quicker. These long runs are getting a lot easier. 50k next Saturday. 🙏

Good mid-week long run. Mileage going back up one more week before the race. ⛰️50k

I deserved to run way worse today after the way I ate yesterday. All the mileage ive been doing covered my food sins this past weekend. Great workout.

Took 2 days off this week after a pretty big July. Figured it was a good time for a down week. 2 weeks out from the 50k!

Finally took 2 days off this week after a really big July. Took it easy on the tempo pace as well. Paced a couple guys at their HM pace. Fun day

Went a bit faster tonight than this morning, but still felt comfortable. The active short jog between sets the past few weeks is paying off. Feeling pretty fit. 🙏🙏🙏

Great workout workout with the boys this morning. Don’t like this workout, but got it done.

Very chill trail run this morning with 4 x 20 second hill sprints at the end. Going to make sure I do these hill sprints twice a week, so my speed doesn’t completely evaporate in marathon phase. 🫡