Peak Week(end)

After finishing up a well-run double today, I now have a little under 37 for the week. Everything has been running pretty smoothly these past few weeks as my weekly total continue to climb. With the Sugarloaf Marathon a little over 2 weeks away, it's time to get the last bit of training in and glide in to T-0.

Tomorrow is my day off, only my second in 3 weeks. That small bit of rest - roughly 36 hours - should give me the restoration of energy I need for Saturday morning's race...

Orrington 10K
Saturday @ 9AM
Center Drive School, Orrington, ME




In 2008, this was the first 10K I had ever run. This distance is ideal for a handful of reasons, which is why I'm a bit disappointed that there are so few 10K's around these days. The lack of 10K races means that I have had only a few to record a personal best on. The last 10K I ran was in November of 2008, and at that race I set my PR which still stands (42:44). Provided everything goes smoothly up to race morning, I should have little trouble smashing that PR. This will also give me an opportunity to run with/against RK, something that hasn't been easy since I moved away from Bangor.


Sunday - 20-mile long run
This will not be a race, but just a conditioning exercise to give my legs that final prep for Sugarloaf. The goal is to get roughly 20 miles, more or less depending on where I'm running and how my legs feel to that point. I don't recall doing an extra long run the day after a road race but my only concern is that this will put my 7-day running total at roughly 64 miles. This will be the most that I've ever run in a single week, and will be a good gauge of how I'll handle it in the summer months as I try to push my weekly miles beyond anything I've done before.