"Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize." - 1 Corinthians 9:24
Amy and I have added Wednesday track work. It called Yasso 800’s. Bart Yasso (see his blog at: http://www.mylifeontherun.com/about ) is a marathon runner who came up with the idea of a marathon time predictor. The theory is to practice running 800 meter intervals (880 yards, or twice around a track) at a time in minutes and seconds that you want to run your marathon in hours and minutes. For example: You want to run a 3 hr. 50 min. marathon. Practice running 800’s in 3 minutes 50 seconds with a recovery jog of the same time between interval runs. The goal is to work up to running 10 of these intervals in a training session. Incremental improvements are the name of the game. Also, stop these training sessions at least 14 days before the marathon to aid in recovery. Amy and I are at 4 intervals of 3:58 and next week we will do 5! Is running a 3 hr. 58 min. marathon our goal? Duhno. Time and practice will tell. This training sounds a bit odd, but according to several running books and websites it works. This doesn’t change our other training runs and especially not the weekly long run. It just focuses you on running faster, building confidence, etc. We’ll see after the marathon just how it worked. Keep us in your thoughts and prayers.
I am grateful for our awesome creator
I am grateful for our amazing 3 children
I am grateful for chocolate ice cream
I am grateful for waterfalls
I am grateful for Bible Study Fellowship
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