Houston Marathon Training Week 7 of 18

75½ miles for the week

M – 6¾ miles recovery run, average pace 8:19 mpm, 81°F at 4AM [S-B/Dow/B-S]
M PM - missed
Tu – 9½ miles with LT for 4 miles, average pace 6:49 mpm, LT miles at average 6:29 pace, 52°F at 4AM [2xDow]
W AM - 7¾ miles general aerobic, average pace 7:21 mpm, 52°F at 4AM [S-B/Dow/2xB-S]
W PM – 9 miles general aerobic, average pace 6:54 mpm, ran each mile progressively faster, from 7:2X to 6:2X, 70°F at 7PM with wonderfully dry air [B’Wood track]
Th – 6¾ miles recovery run, average pace 8:28 mpm, 53°F at 4AM, [S-B/Dow/B-S]
F - 11 miles easy medium long run, average pace 7:54 mpm, 71°F starting at 11:30AM, sunny [SeaC/NTrail-3x2M/SeaC] A beautiful day, full sun and a bright blue sky and dewpoint in the low 40s.
Sa – 6 miles recovery run, average pace 8:20 mpm, 70°F at 10:30AM, cut run short to go to t he power plant (after the third phone call/page) [SeaC/Ntrail-/SeaC]
Su – 18¾ miles, with a half marathon race at an average pace of 6:24 mpm, Houston Hobby Airport had 56°F to 60°F from 7AM to 9AM [Allen Parkway]


A very strong cold front blew in Monday morning. In less than half an hour, the temperature went from the 80s to the 50s! The weather was wonderful this week!