6 weeks to the Boston Marathon: Last week's training

After another long week of marathon training, I am now in Jacksonville, FL awaiting the 8:00 AM start tomorrow of the US 15km Championships at the Gate River Run. I have done this race several times in the past, but it's been a few years, and I'm looking forwarding to reliving some memories. I truly enjoy this course; there are some challenging hills, but it's very runable. The toughest and longest hill comes near the end of the race over a bridge before shooting us downhill directly into the finish line, and this is usually where the race is won or lost. It's looking like it will be in low to mid 50s for the race, which is pretty ideal given how humid it can be.

I have taken the last 2 days very easy, but as you can see, the previous week was full marathon training. I had a big workout on Sunday, which is a little close to race day, but I am running out of time for high quality long runs before Boston. It was one of my best tempo, run, tempo workouts I've ever had, and while I won't be fully rested heading into the 15k tomorrow, that workout gives me confidence that I am strong enough and fit enough to be competitive. While eyes are still on Boston, Gate River is an excellent opportunity to test myself and get a very hard effort in a little 5 weeks out from the marathon.

Thanks again for reading, and feel free to check out last week's training below:

Weekly Total:
140 Monday         2/26/2018 AM: 14 PM: 6
Tuesday         2/27/2018 AM: 12 PM: 6
Wednesday 2/28/2018 Fartlek 3 x 1-2-3-4-5, 19 total
Thursday   3/1/2018         AM: 14 PM: 6
Friday         3/2/2018        1 hour run + 12 x200m or hills, PM 5
Saturday         3/3/2018        AM: 12, PM: 6
                Sunday            3/4/2018         3.5 mile warmup, 4 mile tempo @ 18:53, 10 miles in 57                                                                         minutes, 4 mile tempo @ 18:48, 3.5 mile cooldown (25)