Marathon Training – Week 8 – Half way there

26/03	-	Rest day
27/03	7.0 miles	Easy run: avg 10:19 min/mile
28/03	XT	45 min on the elliptical & light weights
29/03	7.0 miles	Easy run: avg 10:20 min/mile
30/03	-	Rest day
31/03	7.0 miles	Easy run: avg 10:29 min/mile
01/04	-	Rest day
Total	21.0 miles	YTD: 273.1 miles

As of Sunday I am officially half way through my marathon training program. Eight weeks down, eight weeks to go.

Week 8 was a step back week filled with three 7 milers and lots of rest. Saturday’s run was quite fun. I was in Vancouver with my parents visiting my sister. My route took me on a big loop around the UBC campus and Endowment Lands and included about a mile when I was practically running on the beach. I had quite the head wind but the view was fantastic. Later on in the run the sun came out and I could see shadows! You don’t see a lot of shadows during the winter here because even if it’s not raining it’s usually cloudy. This makes me think I should look into my sun screen supply and make sure I’m all set for the spring.

I want to share this photo of my all time favourite road sign. It’s located at the Peace Arch border crossing just after you cross into Canada from the US. It always makes me smile as I return to Canada. I have to admit that it feels a little wrong that my running is totally based on miles instead of kilometers. When I run the marathon I’m going to have to “think metric” because the course will be marked by kilometers not miles. Of course, I don’t actually have a time goal so monitoring my pace won’t be all that important.