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Wednesday Jun 9, 2010 #
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Project Bostonian 2011
"Ian" can be used as a suffix to make puns. I have lived in Boston since I came here for college in 2003. I do not know what the future holds (and will eventually have to make decisions in that regard), so it seems appropriate to take advantage of the opportunities this city affords while I still live here.
I envision the next year as an 11 month training season for the 2011 US Orienteering Team Trials. I need to increase my volume and build my fitness to prepare for a season of speedwork in the winter and spring. It is for those two reasons that I have decided to train for a marathon with the objective of qualifying for Boston. Based on geography and timing, I am planning to run in the 2010 Hartford marathon on Saturday 9 October 2010.
In the past 5 months, I have averaged 15.5 miles of running per week - with a monthly maximum of January with 25.1 mpw and a monthly minimum of April with 8.2 mpw. I have averaged 45 minutes of orienteering, biking, and running training per day. Some of my activity has been limited by illness, minor injury, and a busy work schedule. This is not enough to be competitive. I hope to increase to the neighborhood of 40 miles per week by the end of the year.
On 21 March, I ran the New Bedford half marathon in 1:31:27 with essentially no training beyond my (weak) orienteering regimen. While running that race twice consecutively - which would be necessary to run a marathon in a qualifying 3:10 - will be difficult, I believe it is reasonably attainable if I am consistent with my training.
I have not yet settled on a training plan. It will require some flexibility, because I will be doing orienteering training and cross training this summer, but I am optimistic. I have had many things preoccupying my thoughts for the past two months, and a goal like a marathon will be a welcome distraction from the dark recesses of my psyche. My intentions at present are to run two marathons - Hartford 2010 and Boston 2011 - then retire from marathon running. Pounding out miles on the road seems like an invitation for injury, and I prefer orienteering anyway. I want to run it because it is there, because I want to see if I am strong enough to overcome this hurdle, because it will open new social avenues, and because it will make a great story when I am older.
"Ian" can be used as a suffix to make puns. I have lived in Boston since I came here for college in 2003. I do not know what the future holds (and will eventually have to make decisions in that regard), so it seems appropriate to take advantage of the opportunities this city affords while I still live here.
I envision the next year as an 11 month training season for the 2011 US Orienteering Team Trials. I need to increase my volume and build my fitness to prepare for a season of speedwork in the winter and spring. It is for those two reasons that I have decided to train for a marathon with the objective of qualifying for Boston. Based on geography and timing, I am planning to run in the 2010 Hartford marathon on Saturday 9 October 2010.
In the past 5 months, I have averaged 15.5 miles of running per week - with a monthly maximum of January with 25.1 mpw and a monthly minimum of April with 8.2 mpw. I have averaged 45 minutes of orienteering, biking, and running training per day. Some of my activity has been limited by illness, minor injury, and a busy work schedule. This is not enough to be competitive. I hope to increase to the neighborhood of 40 miles per week by the end of the year.
On 21 March, I ran the New Bedford half marathon in 1:31:27 with essentially no training beyond my (weak) orienteering regimen. While running that race twice consecutively - which would be necessary to run a marathon in a qualifying 3:10 - will be difficult, I believe it is reasonably attainable if I am consistent with my training.
I have not yet settled on a training plan. It will require some flexibility, because I will be doing orienteering training and cross training this summer, but I am optimistic. I have had many things preoccupying my thoughts for the past two months, and a goal like a marathon will be a welcome distraction from the dark recesses of my psyche. My intentions at present are to run two marathons - Hartford 2010 and Boston 2011 - then retire from marathon running. Pounding out miles on the road seems like an invitation for injury, and I prefer orienteering anyway. I want to run it because it is there, because I want to see if I am strong enough to overcome this hurdle, because it will open new social avenues, and because it will make a great story when I am older.