Flying Pig Marathon Training - Week 16 - Weekly Running Update: April 7, 2019

Hi Everyone! Happy Sunday!

Hope everyone is doing well! Any recent races or training for one? Which ones?

This week was following the Love Run Philadelphia half marathon. Review, here. Had another race this week! The the Hot Chocolate 15k Philadelphia! But of course, had to get my marathon miles in as well! 

My Week in Training: 

Monday: 6 miles before work. Let's just say this was a rough one. Not taking a rest day after a half marathon to get my marathon miles in early this week to rest for another race this weekend. Was in bed by 10 (up late to watch The Walking Dead season finale!). Was up before my alarm, before 4:30. Slowly went down the stairs, feeling it, cracking and sore. Coffee, work out, hydrate, ready before 6. Warm temps over the weekend, not the case today. Wind chill 15! Starting out, slightly ahead of goal pace, but settled in at 8:30. Usually comfortable, but sore and heavy legs today. Did my normal hills, but thought about avoiding them. lol..

Tuesday: 5 miles before work. Monday, took it easy after work. hydrate plenty and was sure to foam roll before bed. Decent night's sleep. Up a few min before my alarm, but stayed there until it went off. lol.. Going down stairs not as painful, a good sign. Coffee, work out, hydrate, stretch, and out the door at 6. Felt better than yesterday immediately. Was going to pace at 8:30, but was comfortable at 8:20. Faded slightly through some of the hills, but recovered. Much better today. Will be wearing my compression socks to work. and hydrating plenty. Just one more run until I can take it easy until Saturday..

Wednesday: 7 miles before work. Decent night's sleep, up before my alarm. Coffee, work out, hydrate, stretch, and out the door by 6. Slightly skeptical that this would feel as good as yesterday. Settled in around 8:20. Zig zag the streets, slight inclines one way. 8:25 before the worst hill (good incline for .5 mi) around mid way, 8:30 after. Maintained there. I recently added another extreme hill, short/straight up, no one would do this one for fun. Already feeling the inclines, did it anyway. Still at 8:30. maintained there to the very last minute of my run. As I stopped at 1 hr, 8:31. That .01 shouldn't bother me, but since it came as a surprise... 

Thursday: 1 mile before work. Excellent night's sleep. Up a few minutes before my alarm. Coffee, work out, hydrate, stretch, and out the door by 6:10. 1 mile day. Mindset stuck between wanting to take it easy and wanting to push a little bit. Worked on cadences beforehand. Pacing: orig wanted to do a relaxed 8 min. 1st alert just below 8. Pushed a little harder to maintain, next alert was 7:40. Alright, now I'm thinking 7:45.. last few min in the 30's, guess I'll push to maintain. lol..

Friday: 1 mile before work. Up slightly later than normal on Thurs. 10 pm, I know, so late! lol.. Up a few min before my alarm, but taking my time. Coffee, light work out. (some core and weights, skipped leg raises and bridge thrusts). Stretch and out the door by 6:10. Trying to take it a bit easier than yesterday. Chilly with a bit of a drizzle felt good. Was tired, groggy this morning, but the weather helped. One of my toes has been bothering me this week, quads were heavy Monday, slightly better, but not fresh yet. We'll see how tomorrow's race goes. :) Either way, will make the most of it. It was my choice to not rest after Sunday's half to get my marathon miles in early this week.. No regrets.  

Saturday: 9.33 miles (scheduled for 10?, don't worry, I made up that .7 somewhere..) Race day! Hot Chocolate 15k Philadelphia! Sorry, no race day details.. Keeping you in suspense, right? Race day will be in a separate post.

Sunday: 1 mile. Rest day, one for the streak. Run Streak day 1,170. Slept in till 6. Taking my time getting ready. Coffee, stretch, and out the door around 8. Quads slightly heavy. Planned on a casual 1 miler. Felt good. First alert in the 7:30's. Wanted to back off a bit, worked on cadences, but didn't over exert. Beautiful weather today, slight breeze. Should take it easy remainder of the day, but going to do yard work since it's so nice out. Spring yard work cleanup! Blah!

This was week 16 marathon training, using the below plan.

Image from Coach Jenny Hadfield

Weekly Summary:

Miles: scheduled 29 mi / completed 30 mi 
Strength Training: scheduled 80 min/ completed 82 min
Foam roll: 7 days 
Hydration goal met: 7 days   

Race Schedule 

05.05.19 - Broad Street Run! - Love this race, but won't be doing it this year. Sometimes you have to pass on repeat things to try something new! My review from last year, here.  

05.05.19 - Flying Pig Marathon! I am officially booked. Looks like a fun themed race, a great spring challenge, and somewhere I've never been (Cincy, Oh)! Hope to also check out Indiana and Kentucky while I'm out there! 

09.15.19 - Rock n Roll Philly Half Marathon. Use codes "19RNRBRP16" to save $16 off the half/full marathon and "19RNRBRP6" to save $6 off the 5k/10k! Race Preview, here!

11.24.19 - Philadelphia Marathon. 

Good luck to everyone with training! Kick some butt! 

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Race Review: Still feeling the Love, the Love Run Philadelphia Half Marathon!

Race Date: March 31, 2019

Hi Everyone!

Hope you are doing well!

Here to review the Love Run Philadelphia half marathon. This was my third time running it!

I may be a bit biased towards Philly, but there's just something about the skyline and museum. Getting to the race early has it's perks. Beautiful sunrise.

Pre race: met up with a couple fellow BibRavePro's, be sure to check out their blogs. I'm sure they are more interesting than me. lol.. SimiRun and Bill Brent 

Training: I'm currently in marathon training mode, but I use half and full training programs from Coach Jenny Hadfield. Free programs for all distances and skill levels. Check out her site, here.

Map/Course:
The race starts in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Just over three city miles and back to the museum. To the left side of the museum down the Schuylkill River, 76 side side (opposite Boathouse Row). Saw a bunch of the crew teams out for practice! Along the river. Relativity flat, until... Strawberry Bridge. Steep ramp up to the bridge (in mile 7-8), across the river, up around the mansion and back. Once you are back from the mansion, you have to keep going to the right of the bridge, after the hills, it seems like forever until that turnaround! lol... And then back to the museum. And of course, right at the museum there is a slight incline.

Image from Love Run Philly Site

Weather: the one factor you can't control. Prepare for the worst, hope for the best. A bit chilly earlier in the week. Warming up this weekend. Forecast 50-70 degrees with a chance of rain. Over prepared just in case. Was near 60 before I hit the road. Had a long sleeve set aside for the race. When I saw it was already 50, too warm for that! A long sleeve to wear for a few min and discard at the start. Too warm for that. Even had a space blanket just in case it got breezy before the race. Checked a bag with long sleeve, waterproof pullover just in case I'm freezing during the cool down at the post race beer tent. Before the race, an occasional breeze, didn't bother with the space blanket. Warmed up quickly during the race. Rained for a couple minutes a few times, was refreshing! About 30 min after I completed, down pour! Glad I had my pullover for afterwards, but didn't bother with it since we were under a tent.

My Race:

Start of the race, the corrals are packed. There seems to be enough time between each corral start. Crowds were tight. They could of spaced out the waves a bit more. It took over 2-3 miles for it to open up. This may be a godsend. I am guilty of taking off at the start, there was no room for that today. After a few miles, I settled in my desired pace. Plan was to maintain a certain pace (gps pace 7:50, knowing gps may be off by .10) relatively flat until Strawberry Bridge, knowing I would lose .05-10 there. Lost about 6 seconds. Now to maintain for 4 miles. I lost about a second a mile towards the end. The last 20 minutes doing math. Trying not to overthink it, but PR on the mind.. Faded a bit, but definitely felt better than last yr (last yr finish was rough!), able to do a few extra pushes the last few minutes. Previous PR 1:48:49, new PR 1:47:11! Endurance still fading after 10 mi, but definitely feeling/getting better! 

Water/snacks: water and nuun hydration stands along the course. There may have been free gels as well, but had my own, didn't catch what they were handing out. Post race: plenty of water, a nuun tablet, snack bag (which I love that it's in a bag, so many races you are drained of energy and are expected to carry an armful of various items without clumsily dropping them!) soft pretzel (this is Philly, right?!), Sun Chips, Peterson Farms treats apple slices, Rockin' Ola Chocoberry (chocolate granola clusters with strawberries) , Coke/Diet Coke, Zevia organic zero sugar ice tea.  

Swag:

Mug: Love my Love Run Philly Mugs! I am very protective of them! I almost left without it! I had my race bib/shirt mailed to me, still had to pick up my mug post race, very close to driving away without it! 

Shirt: Not a tech shirt. Feels like a heather cotton, so soft! Will definitely work this into my casual wear!

Medal: this is a heavy metal medal with the race logo above the city skyline. 

Beer! One free beer post race! Coney Island Brewing's Mermaid Pilsner. It's more of a hoppy amber, hit the spot post race!

Overall: I love the love run. The past three years, it has been my first half of the season, and PR'd each time! It is the perfect race/motivation to train for through winter. Extreme discount the next few days, will be sure to sign up for next year!

Site and social
Site: https://www.motivrunning.com/the-love-run/
Facebook: LOVERUNPHILLY
Twitter: @LOVERUNPHILLY
IG: @loverunphilly

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Flying Pig Marathon Training - Week 15 - Weekly Running Update: March 31, 2019

Hi Everyone!

Hope you are doing well! How's everyone's training going, any recent races or one's coming up? Which one's? 

This was week 15 marathon training for me, which also included a half marathon, the Love Run Philadelphia! Hope to get my weekly miles in and still do somewhat respectable on Sunday, we'll see how that went! 

My Week in Training:  

Monday: 7 miles before work. First time setting my alarm clock in 9 days, was nervous about readjusting my sleep schedule back from vacation. Sunday, relaxed after chores and went to bed EARLY! Up before my alarm clock! Coffee, work out (wasnt tired?), hydrate, and out the door by 5:50. Pacing: thought 8:30 may be a bit aggressive for being tired, but wasn't as tired as expected. Settled in the 8:20's. Hills throughout, felt them but much better than expected today. 

Monday was also new shoe day! Brooks Levitate 2, got these bad boys for xmas! Been resisting breaking them in, until now. Will be keeping a close eye on their mileage, want them broken in, but fresh for Spring race season!

Tuesday: 4 miles before work. Slightly tired, actually slept until my alarm. Coffee, work out, hydrate, stetch, and out the door by 6. Thought it was spring? A bit chilly this morning. Pacing: planned on 8:15-8:20. Felt good. 8:10/8:16 before/after the worst hills and back to 8:10 to maintain.  

Wednesday: 7 miles before work. A bit more tired today (although my watch sleep app says almost 7 hrs). Up a few min before my alarm.  Coffee, work out, hydrate, stretch, and out the door around 6. I primarily use my phone/Nike app for tracking my run. I also use my watch to sync to Strava for Squadrunner. Yesterday, after my run, realized my gps was disabled. Maybe from power saving mode before shutdown. I ensure it was enabled. A min in, distance still at 0.0. Restarted my watch (guess I could have done that before my run?). Fine after reboot. Already 3 min in on Nike.. For today's run, was groggy, quads a bit heavy, but made it through my hills at my goal pace without over exertion. Mid run: had to talk a call from work. Tried not to pause but couldn't hear along the road and my running. Post run, pausing my phone one handed, dropped it! No new cracks, case helped!

Thursday: 5 miles before work. Thu is usually 1 mile day. Regular scheduled miles already done by Wed (m,w,f miles done) but decided to do a few more miles since I will be cutting Sunday short. Excellent night's rest, in bed early and woke up by 4:30. Coffee, work out, hydrate and out the door by 5:50. Pacing: goal was 8:20, but was comfortable this morning at 8:10.

Friday: 1 mile before work. Thursday. Hydrated all day. After work, indulged in a few adult beverages while watching baseball. In bed on time, with plans on sleeping a few extra minutes. Up a few times, but well rested. Coffee, work out (slowly),  hydrate, stretch and out the door by 6:05. Usually try to push it on 1 mile day, but wanted to do a comfortable pace around 8. Maintained just below. Felt good. A bit warm today/tomorrow, but stuck with long sleeves. Definitely felt the temp change during the cool down.

Saturday: 1 mile. No long run today. :( Tapering for tomorrow. Saturday rest days are so weird! Anyone else agree? Up till 10:30, slept till 6! took my time getting ready. Coffee, stretch, and out the door around 7:30. Goal was to do a comfortable 8:00. Worked on cadences, slightly faster than planned. Exerted a little, but didn't over do it. Maintained under 7:45. Now what to do on  Saturday before a race? Cant do yard work, will wake up with a sore back! lol.. Light indoor chores. Cleaning, bills, taxes, etc... 

Sunday: 13.1 miles. Scheduled for 20! Love Run Philadelphia half marathon today. I did 20 milers on week 11 & 13 out of guilt of falling short today. Hopefully three 20 milers will be an improvement come marathon day. Sorry, no race day details! I know, you must be in suspense! Race day will be in a separate post!

Sunday was also month end.
Month End Summary:
Miles: 164 (my highest month ever! I have had a few 150's, but never 160! I'm pretty sure this has felt better as well!
YTD: 416 mi100+ mi month: 48 straight monthsRun Streak 1,164 straight daysStrava Climb Challenge: 2000+ meters of hills for the month (6500+ft ascent)

This was week 15 marathon training, using the below plan.

Image from Coach Jenny Hadfield

Weekly Summary:

Miles: scheduled 38 mi / completed 38 mi (long run day cut short, but made the miles  up!)
Strength Training: scheduled 80 min/ completed 108 min
Foam roll: 7 days 
Hydration goal met: 7 days   

Race Schedule 

04.06.19 - Hot Chocolate 15k Philadelphia. Use code BRHCPhilly to receive a free smart phone arm band. Check out my preview, here. 

05.05.19 - Broad Street Run! - Love this race, but won't be doing it this year. Sometimes you have to pass on repeat things to try something new! My review from last year, here.  

05.05.19 - Flying Pig Marathon! I am officially booked. Looks like a fun themed race, a great spring challenge, and somewhere I've never been (Cincy, Oh)! Hope to also check out Indiana and Kentucky while I'm out there! 

09.15.19 - Rock n Roll Philly Half Marathon. Use codes "19RNRBRP16" to save $16 off the half/full marathon and "19RNRBRP6" to save $6 off the 5k/10k! Race Preview, here!

11.24.19 - Philadelphia Marathon. 

Good luck to everyone with training! Kick some butt! 

If you do any races, please remember to review them on BibRave.com! Your opinions help other runners decide what races to run! #BibChat Follow me on BibRave: Joe G

Flying Pig Marathon Training - Week 14 - Weekly Running Update: March 24, 2019

Hi Everyone!

Hope everyone is doing well. Any recent races or ones coming up? Which ones?

Question: when on vacation, do you incorporate running/working out into your schedule, or take a time off from that as well?

My Week in Training:

Monday: 6 miles. On vaca in Florida for a few days (visiting family, baseball, trying to enjoy weather), have plans at 11 this morning. (Phillies baseball game!). Up around my normal time. Coffee, crunches, planks, then over to the gym. A few more machines to take advantage of this week! Woohoo! Then out to explore and do my run. About .75 mi from where I was staying to to A1A to run along the beach. Took a left onto A1A. Passed a beach viewing point, yacht clubs, country clubs, condo's, etc. Fishing piers. Sidewalk seemed to end there. turned around, checked out some of the inlet neighborhoods on the way back, very nice. Just one hill (draw bridge). Temp/humidity may take some getting used to.

Full Pics

Tuesday: 3.11 miles. Heavy wind and rain overnight. Even heard the wind move balcony chairs! Rain wasn't the relaxing kind that helps you sleep in. Up early. Coffee, crunches, planks, hydrate, then over to the gym. Head out at 6:50. Definitely got looks from the lobby desk as I was heading out. lol.. Did the part of the same route as yesterday. Windy most of the way, rain picked up the last half mi or so. Wind and rain was refreshing. Just too bad that it canceled one of the baseball games I was scheduled to go to. :(

Full Pics

Wednesday: 4 miles. Up by 5:15. Coffee, crunches, planks, hydrate, then over to the gym. Decided to really take advantage of the gym and went all in. May have paid for this on Thu. Been feeling the extra work at the gym, but really felt it on Thu. Sore all over! Head out for my run, went to the opposite side of A1A today. Passed another yacht club. Some more nice houses, but eventually more "normal" atmosphere.

Full Pics

Thursday: 1 mile. Back home. Not sure if it was the busy vaca, or the jet lag, but was really tired this morning. Slept 9:30-7:30, and was still groggy. Achy, did not work out this morning. Got a foam roll in, back felt slightly better after rolling. Raining, still lacking motivation, but was refreshing once I did. Update: after doing light chores and being a couch potato watching March Madness, felt better, did a light weight workout.

Friday: 5 miles. Still trying to catch up on sleep. 9-7. Coffee, work out, hydrate, and out the door around 9:15. Day off from work, was going to go to my trail, but decided to stay local to do hills. Haven't had too many hills in a week. Was not expecting it to go well. Pacing: goal was 8:20-8:30. Went better than expected. 8:20 after the worst of the hills and maintained there. Light rain throughout with wind gusts at the end made it interesting, definitely helped wake me up.

Saturday: 8 miles. Friday, was up a few min later than the past few days, almost 10 pm! So late, I know! "only" scheduled for 8 miles today, taking my time getting over to the trail. Coffee, foam roll, over to the trail around 8. My trail Pennypack Creek. Park in the middle. Welsh and Terwood Rd. Either side is and forth 5.25 mi to the mid point. Last time I was at the trail, spent more time on the Rockledge Park side. Decided to stay on the more wooded side, Byberry Rd side. Cold, breezy, and tired. Through the motions. Pacing 8:25-8:30. Once I got to Byberry Rd, left the trail to do a couple laps around a business district (shh..no trespassing sign). 1 regular lap, then the 2nd included zig zagging.  Returned to the trail with 2.5 to go. Slight decline/flat back to the parking lot, thoughts of negative splits, but pretty much just maintained.

Full Pics

Sunday: 1 mile. "Rest day" one for the streak. Up by 7, but procrastinating a bit. Sunny out, a bit chilly, but temps going up. Planning on taking advantage of the nice weather after my run. Coffee, read the news (play on internet) and out the door around 9. Been feeling it this week, planned on working on cadences, but didn't want to over exert. Started out around 7:38 pace, but let it fade and maintain around 7:50, could have let it fade a bit more. After my run, started spring chores. 2+ hours of yard work, raking/de-thatching/fertilize and clean up debris. Only did the front yard, plenty more to do the next nice weekend. Plan to take it easy remainder of the day (watch March Madness), tomorrow is the first time using an alarm clock in over a week!

This was week 14 marathon training, using the below plan.

Image from Coach Jenny Hadfield

Weekly Summary:

Miles: scheduled 26 mi / completed 28 mi 
Strength Training: scheduled 80 min/ completed 101 min
Foam roll: 3 days (no rolling on vacation)
Hydration goal met: 5 days   

Race Schedule 

03.31.19 - The Love Run! Love the Love Run Philadelphia half marathon! Check out my review from last yr, here.   Use code LOVEBR10 for 10% off!

04.06.19 - Hot Chocolate 15k Philadelphia. Use code BRHCPhilly to receive a free smart phone arm band. Check out my preview, here. 

05.05.19 - Broad Street Run! - Love this race, but won't be doing it this year. Sometimes you have to pass on repeat things to try something new! My review from last year, here.  

05.05.19 - Flying Pig Marathon! I am officially booked. Looks like a fun themed race, a great spring challenge, and somewhere I've never been (Cincy, Oh)! Hope to also check out Indiana and Kentucky while I'm out there! 

09.15.19 - Rock n Roll Philly Half Marathon. Use codes "19RNRBRP16" to save $16 off the half/full marathon and "19RNRBRP6" to save $6 off the 5k/10k! Race Preview, here!

11.24.19 - Philadelphia Marathon. 

Good luck to everyone with training! Kick some butt! 

If you do any races, please remember to review them on BibRave.com! Your opinions help other runners decide what races to run! #BibChat Follow me on BibRave: Joe G

Flying Pig Marathon Training - Week 13 - Weekly Running Update: March 17, 2019

Hi Everyone!

Hope you are doing well. How are you adjusting to Daylight Savings Time? Rough mornings, adjusting? or taking advantage of extra daylight at night? I am trying stay a morning person, at least for now. This is how it went..

My Week in Training: 

Monday: 7 miles before work. Sunday was daylight savings day and rest day. I rested plenty. But going to bed, tossed and turned, took longer than preferred. Mixed in with waking up at 1 for a bit. That 5 am alarm was a bit rough. Coffee, work out went fine. Hydrate and foam roll. Head out by 6. Was not as tired/groggy as I expected. Pacing: goal 8:30. Settled in the 8:20's before/8:25 after the hills. TBH, today went much better than expected for the dreaded time change. Oh, and I'm back to running in the dark! lol.. begin to see daylight around 6:45..

Tuesday: 3.11 miles before work. Slightly better night's sleep, but still sleeping until my alarm. Coffee, work out, hydrate, foam roll, and out the door by 6. Feeling pretty decent, brisk air felt nice, wanted to work on cadences to get the blood flowing a bit more. Didn't expect to maintain the entire way, but.. 7:40 before/7:50 after the worst hill. 7:45 overall. A couple more decent hills around 2.25 maintained through. Definitely felt better and more amped up than expected. 

Wednesday: 4 miles before work. I've been trying to make a point to get a good night's rest, that and DST still affecting me, should have been in bed early. Did not happen. Went to bed at a decent time, but couldn't shut my mind off. Tossed and turned. Slept for a few hours, but woke up at 4 to use the rest room. That was it, couldn't sleep anymore, personal stuff still on my mind keeping me up. Coffee. Work out. Took my time getting ready. Out the door by 6. Goal was to take it easy, pace around 8:20. Felt decent. 8:15/8:20 before/after hills. Comfortable, maintained at 8:20 throughout. Goal is to definitely get some rest tonight. Wish me luck!

Thursday: 1 mile before work. A better night's rest, finally! In bed by 9 and asleep right away. Up a few min before my alarm. Still a bit groggy at 5 am, but getting better. Coffee, work out, foam roll, and out the door by 6:10. Pace: goal 7:30-7:45. Worked on cadences, first few alerts were around 7:15. Maintained to avg 7:22. Felt pretty decent without over exerting too much.

Friday: 4 miles before work. Decent night's rest. In bed by 9:30 and asleep right away, awake around 4, up and moving around 4:30. Coffee, work out, hydrate, foam roll, and out the door by 6. 50 degrees with a chance of light rain?! Still went with long sleeves. Didn't bother with the hat/gloves. Pacing: Goal was to take it easy and settle in around 8:20. Felt better than expected, 8:10/8:15 before/after the worst hill. Was comfortable. Did get pretty warm, probably could of gone with short sleeves!

Saturday: 20 miles (scheduled for 18? (I may be skipping a 20, replaced it with 2-20's! lol..) I've had this date circled for a while now. I have plans today. Calculated that I would have time to do my long run, but have to get there a few min early, start on time, hopefully no unexpected delays (you know, stomach issues) and no dilly dallying after. Will have to keep on moving after my run to get ready for my plans after. We'll see how that goes... 

In bed by 9:30, up before my alarm. Coffee, light breakfast, foam roll. At my trail a few minutes before daylight. There was already a run group there starting out, a few had head lamps! 

My trail Pennypack Creek. Park in the middle, Welsh and Terwood Rd. Did the side towards Rockledge Park first (more gradual incline side). and back. Fueling every 5 mi, hydrating every 5.25 mi (each time passing my car). Over towards the more wooded side to Byberry Rd and back to the more gradual incline side and back. 16 mi 3rd time passing my car, street light and heavy traffic toward Byberry Rd skipped waiting for the light and turned around to the gradual incline side again (3rd time) for 2 mi and back.

Starting out, still a bit dark, but I know there will be light any min, enough blue light to go into the woods. lol. While it was still dark, saw a couple deer! I couldn't tell at first, hoping it was, but I could tell as i got closer! Warm yesterday, but rain broke the temps. Temp was a bit cool to start. Hat and gloves on/off through most of the run. Pacing: goal was to pace 9:00-9:09 (4 hr marathon pace). Paced 8:55 through 16. 16-18 faded to 9. 18-20 faded to 9:06. Still feeling the slow down at 16 and some tightness at 18. Hopefully still making some progress.. 

Full Pics

Sunday: 1 mile. Rest Day, one for the streak. Run Streak Day 1,149. Up around 6:15, probably could have slept another hr if I wanted to. Nah, I'm up! Coffee, read the news (play on internet). Hydrate and stretch. Out around 7:30. Only 1 turn to get to the beach! 1 mi day, took it easy. Turned around when I got there, finished just before coming back across the causeway bridge. Will be along the beach later this week. ;) 
Today's background pic may look slightly different. In Florida for a few days. Visiting family, enjoying weather, and a couple Phillies spring training games. Will be busy today, hope to rest somewhat. 

This was week 13 marathon training, using the below plan.

Image from Coach Jenny Hadfield

Weekly Summary:

Miles: scheduled 36 mi / completed 40 mi 
Strength Training: scheduled 80 min/ completed 105 min
Foam roll:  6 days
Hydration goal met: 7 days 

Race Schedule 

03.31.19 - The Love Run! Love the Love Run Philadelphia half marathon! Check out my review from last yr, here.   Use code LOVEBR10 for 10% off!

04.06.19 - Hot Chocolate 15k Philadelphia. Use code BRHCPhilly to receive a free smart phone arm band. Check out my preview, here. 

05.05.19 - Broad Street Run! - Love this race, but won't be doing it this year. Sometimes you have to pass on repeat things to try something new! My review from last year, here.  

05.05.19 - Flying Pig Marathon! I am officially booked. Looks like a fun themed race, a great spring challenge, and somewhere I've never been (Cincy, Oh)! Hope to also check out Indiana and Kentucky while I'm out there! 

09.15.19 - Rock n Roll Philly Half Marathon. Use codes "19RNRBRP16" to save $16 off the half/full marathon and "19RNRBRP6" to save $6 off the 5k/10k! Race Preview, here!

11.24.19 - Philadelphia Marathon. 

Good luck to everyone with training! Kick some butt! 

If you do any races, please remember to review them on BibRave.com! Your opinions help other runners decide what races to run! #BibChat Follow me on BibRave: Joe G