Week 3 of 18 Houston Marathon Training

70 miles for the week

M – 6 miles recovery run, average pace 8:33 mpm, 69°F at 4AM [Dow/BS/Ol]
Tu – 5¾ miles general aerobic fairly hard, average pace 7:03 mpm, this was a scheduled 4 mile LT run but I woke up too late, 71°F at 4AM [SB/Dow/BS]
W AM - 5¼ miles general aerobic, average pace 7:09 mpm, 69°F at 4AM [Dow/Ol]
W PM – 9 miles with 2x2 miles at LT, average pace 6:50 mpm, LT 2-milers were 12:34 and 12:31, 77°F at 7PM sun to stars [B’Wood track]
Th – 6 miles recovery run, average pace 8:22 mpm, a nice cool 64°F at 4AM [Dow/BS/Ol]
F - 13 miles general aerobic, average pace 7:24 mpm, 81°F from 9AM, sunny with a south wind but still relatively dry air [SeaC/SSTrail-3x2M/SeaC]
Sa – 8 miles recovery run, average pace 8:22 mpm, 83°F at 11AM [SeaC/SSTrail-1M/SeaC]
Su – 17 miles Long Run, 7:53 mpm, 82°F to 80°F starting at 4:30PM, worked all night long Saturday night so I delayed this run to the late afternoon [SeaC/SSTrail-5x2M/SeaC]


I wasn't too happy with my times for the LT run. Hopefully we'll have a cooler day for the 10-mile race on Sunday. This week wasn't too bad compared to Week 3 last year. The weather was even a little better this year.

If you've ever run the Surfside Marathon, you might recognize the course from these aerial pictures after Ike. I guess I won't be doing any bridge-and-beach runs for a while.