New York City Marathon 2015 Training Day 7 - Rest Day

Actually I had a swim schedule, but I am beat!

New York City Marathon 2015 Training Day 6 - Run and Drench

This hat has seen many races over the past 7 years.  It has been a trusted part of my gear.  It has keep the sun out of my eyes and has absorbed gallons of sweat as well!  Now it's making it back to where it all started!

Today I ran a 9:20 pace for 30 minutes,  I think I need to dial it down a little more because it was slightly uncomfortable for an easy run, and I think if I wanted to I could have gone harder, but I really want to build slow to have a great marathon race.   It would crush me to be injured once again.

Hence, PiYo Drench was cued up for after the run, and I was already drenched from the run.  I did my best, but I was crispy mid way through the workout.  My glutes again were on fire!

New York City Marathon 2015 Training Day 5 - Bike then PiYo Buns

Still building up slowly, today was a 40 minute bike ride on my training in my basement.  When I started running, I did some spin classes.  Now that I mix in with more cross training with other programs, swim and bike my pace has been lowered by 3 minutes!

PiYo Buns is a killa!  My glutes are on fire!

New York City Marathon 2015 Training Day 4 - Run then Hardcore on the Floor

It's been a while, that I have run at 5:30am.  Now that I am back in the swing of things, getting up early is a good option for my busy schedule.  

It was still dark and chilly so I wore a balaclava to shield my noggin from the cold.  I hooked on an LED flashing blue light band that I got for a gift and ran 15 minutes out and 15 minutes back.  I had to stop once to tie my shoes.

My pace was an easy pace at 9:45, which my coach wanted me to do.  My goal marathon pace will be 8:34 for a 3 hour and 45 minute race.  It's a big goal that I really want to hit.

Later at night I did PiYo Hard Core on the Floor.  Yes it was hard core.  I really want to make sure my core is strong to run faster and prevent injury

New York City Marathon 2015 Training Day 3 - Strength Training with PiYo Sweat

Unfortunately, today I was tired and went to bed early.  No PiYo

New York City Marathon 2015 Training Day 2 - 30 minutes outside

The temperature warmed up to about 45, and it was just right to hit the roads.  I set my alarm to alert at 15 minutes, hit the start button on my watch and off I went.  I forced myself not to look at my watch for my pace or see what my heart rate was.  I just going out for an easy run as per my coach.

I was really enjoy getting out into the fresh air.  I thought about training for the NYC Marathon and the upcoming training about to happen.  I thought about the training Irene will have to do for your races and getting to do long rides with her.

Speaking of bike rides, I noticed that winter has wrecked havoc on the streets. Potholes all over the roads, which is not a good thing for runners and bikers.   In fact, I sprained my ankle right before the 2008 NYC Marathon, and for years my ankle was not healthy.

New York City Marathon 2015 Training Day 1 - Test Efforts on the Bike

My official first day of training for the 2015 New York City Marathon was on a bike trainer.  My Coach Danielle Sullivan posted in Training Peaks 

Test Efforts - Warmup 10 min easily, then complete:
10 minutes avg 160-170 spin easily for 5 min Now complete 2x [5 min avg 170-180/3 min ez] Cool Down 10 minutes easily

Knowing that I've always been injured, she wanted to ramp it up before I start pushing higher mileage.  Plus it appears that my bike is my strongest out of the 3 triathlon disciplines.  The cross training would give my lower body more of a break from the pounding and still keep my cardio up.

My Iron Fit Endurance Teammates decided to head to the "warehouse" to do a Sufferfest DVD.  11 members of IFE including me and my son crammed into a small warehouse to pedal away.  I stuck to my plan and my son did awesome with his efforts.

During the workout, I was thinking this was a little easy and I am hesistant to tell Dee, for it means that I can do more :)

Actually, I look forward to more running because another goal would be to run at Boston by qualifying for the race.  In order to hit that goal I will be doing more hills and look forward to hitting the Infamous Selden Hills!  First, I will be tackling the hills of Stony Brook which are less steep but overall elevation is more than Selden. It's going to be a fast year! 

Later in the evening, I've been doing Piyo with Irene to improve my flexibility in my hips and prevent injury because my BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goal) goal for the NYC Marathon is 3 hours and 45 minutes.  A realistic goal would be 4 hours.  I believe I am capable of hitting a sub 4, but every year I seem to have an injury keeping me from running as much as I should. 

This year is different!





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