Oshkosh YMCA Running Group: Week of July 12th 2008

Hi everyone, this week Saturdays run will mark the end of week 8 for Marathon Trainers and week 2 for Half Marathon trainers aiming for the Fox Cities Festival of Races.

Planned distances per Higdon are, but feel free as always to adjust.

Marathon 13 Miles and Half Marathon 6 Miles

Try to remember that a good rule of thumb is that your long run should represent close to but no more then 50% of your weekly mileage. If you have a 10 mile long run on tap your weekly mileage should be at least at the 20 mile mark for for the that week including your long run. Also remember these long runs and in fact 90% of your training should be done at an easy "conversational" pace. If you can pick one day a week to push yourself to run faster and above your comfort zone, it will make you stonger.

On a personal note I would like to run 12 miles on Saturday morning at a pace somewere between 8:00 and 8:15/mile. I was hoping to find someone that might want to do the same. I was thinking of starting at 6:30. Let me know if you are interested, thanks.

Bob bobjr@rjalbright.com