Running weak

I haven't run in about a month or so.  Found out what is causing the trouble.  I have a hyperthyroid (graves disease).  It speeds everything up.  So if I were to run my heart my go crazy and actually stop.  I finally am on medication and feel a lot better, but I am still weak.

Looks like I'll need to step down to a half marathon in St. Louis instead of a full marathon.  I'll have to start training all over again.  I just want to do it.  No worry about time.

Humid Run

We are up in Iowa visiting my in-laws; to try to keep up with the training schedule I needed to make sure to run while I am up in Iowa.  So Friday morning around 10:00 I headed out for a 3 mile run.  It had been fairly hot, but the temperature was only 80 degress.  The dew point was really high, so it was very sticky.  I ran out 2 miles and then ran 1 mile back.  The remaining mile I walked back.  I was trying the new NIKE APP I had downlowed on my phone.  It was very humid.  The humidity drained my energy.  (about 29 minutes - 3 miles) - Includes time at the cross walk across 53rd.  Using Mapmyrun website to log my runs.  Tonight is the first night of trying to use the app.  We'll see how it goes.

Training Schedule Update

The original training schedule was very intense.  I was struggling to keep up with the schedule.  In fact I felt I might be overtraining.  So I updated my training schedule.  See below: SCOTT'S MARATHON TRAINING SCHEDULE - ST. LOUIS, MO
SUB 4:00hrs Marathon Training Schedule
WEEK	MON	TUES	WEDS	THURS	FRI	SAT	SUN	TOTAL
ENDURANCE PHASE
25-Jun-12	3M easy	2M steady	4M slow	Rest	Rest	3M easy	5M slow	17M
2-Jul-12	3M easy	2M steady	4M slow	Rest	Rest	3M easy	6M slow	18M
9-Jul-12	3M easy	2M steady	4M slow	Rest	Rest	3M easy	7M slow	19M
16-Jul-12	Rest	1M easy, 2M fast, 1M easy	5M slow	2x1.5M fast	Rest	4M easy	8M slow	25M
23-Jul-12	Rest	1M easy, 3M fast, 1M easy	6M slow	3x1M fast	Rest	4M easy	9M slow	29M
30-Jul-12	Rest	1M easy, 2M fast, 1M easy	7M slow	4x800m fast	Rest	4M easy	10km race (sub 50mins)	25M
6-Aug-12	Rest	5M steady	5M slow	6M fartlek	Rest	4M easy	11M slow	31M
13-Aug-12	Rest	1M easy, 3M fast, 1M easy	6M slow	8x400m fast	Rest	4M easy	13M slow	32M
STRENGTHENING PHASE
20-Aug-12	Rest	6M steady	7M slow	9x200m hills	Rest	4M easy	15M slow	36M
27-Aug-12	Rest	1M easy, 2M fast, 1M easy	8M slow	12x60s fast	Rest	3M easy	15M steady (or half marathon race)	35M
3-Sep-12	Rest	8M steady	7M slow	12x200m fast	Rest	4M easy	17M slow	39M
10-Sep-12	Rest	1M easy, 3M fast, 1M easy	8M slow	3x1.5M fast	Rest	3M easy	Half marathon (sub 1:50)	35M
SHARPENING PHASE
17-Sep-12	Rest	10M steady	6M slow	8M fartlek	Rest	5M easy	19M slow	48M
24-Sep-12	Rest	1M easy, 4M fast, 1M easy	7M slow	5x1M fast	Rest	5M easy	22M slow	51M
1-Oct-12	Rest	9M steady	6M slow	6x800m fast	Rest	5M easy	18M slow	43M
TAPERING PHASE
8-Oct-12	4M easy	1M easy, 3M fast, 1M easy	5M slow	12x200m hills	Rest	5M easy	12M slow	30M
15-Oct-12	Rest	Rest	4M slow	6x400m fast	Rest	2M easy	RACE DAY!	35M

That Team Over There

The past 2 years I have run on a ragnar team (relay race between Chattanooga and Nashville).  This year we decided to try to set up a team at Church (Walter Hill Church of Christ).  We have a lot of runners at Church and it would be a lot of fun.  Earlier I put a Facebook post out there to see if there was any interest.  Yes there was!  We now have 11 that have officially signed up and signed the waiver!  Me, Brian Hodge, Brad Deslatte, Christy Tracy, Marla Bowman, Mary Jernigan, Regina Hodge, Sharon Boykin, Matt Norwood, Bill Cooper and Wendy Underwood.  I am very excited about our team!  We should have a great time!  Our Team Name is "That Team Over There".

Here we go again!

It has been about a year and half since I ran my last marathon (St. Jude Marathon).  Lately, I have not been running like I want to stay healthy so I decided to choose another marathon to run this fall. I don't want to travel too far but there really isn't many chooses in TN or a surrounding state.  After researching a lot of races I decided to start training for the St. Louis marathon that is on Sunday, Oct 21.  I have 20 weeks to train.  I pulled together a training schedule and started training on June 5.

Brad and I run both tuesday and thursday of each week so I worked that into the training schedule.  Tuesday Brad and I ran 6 miles pretty fast.  I was happy to see that we ran the 6 miles in a pace of 8:48 per mile!  That is a good place to start for the training.  On Wednesay, June 6 I ran 4 miles.  The temperature and weather has been great.  Humitity has been high but the temperature has been lower.

On Thursday Brad and I were planning to run 4 miles but the course we ended up running was 5 miles. We ran this in about 8:45 pace.  Thanks Brad for pushing me to run faster.