Going to make this one brief, but I'm starting to follow a more traditional half marathon training plan to lead up to an early November race. Still going to mix in more weight training than it calls for, but I am adding more frequent runs of varying lengths and pace. Yesterday I was kind of dreading the 9 mile run that I was scheduled for, but I actually felt really good and I didn't have to grit through it very much. Was actually less of a struggle than my 5.25 mile run the prior week, and my pace ended up being faster than any run I've done over 3.5. I came in at an 8:24 pace which is inching closer to where I was a few years ago when my comfort pace was around 8 minute miles. Hat tip to Mike who hooked me up with a discount on some new running shoes which I love thus far: Saucony Endorphin Speed 3. I have typically run in more minimalist type shoes. These ones have far more bounce in the heel than I'm used to, but I'm feeling good in them after a couple runs.
I should probably change the name of this blog to remind me to write, am I right? I’m going to try to start posting a training update once a week and then something more Alzheimer’s related (be it personal experience or research related) once every couple weeks. Luckily I have been training a lot more than I’ve been writing. The marathon is forever away, so I don’t need to be on any particular training program or anything, but I want to hit the ground running (had to) after the new year when a more typical training program would kick in. I’ll likely go into more detail about my experiences running Boston in 2011 and 2012 at a later date, but in those races I didn’t really feel like cardio held me back so much as just my body breaking down. And so without any formal training advice, I’ve decided to mostly just blitz my body with weight training, cycling (Peloton), and running. The last few years I’ve been doing a fair amount of weight training for ski season. When I got back from 6...