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Race information
What? Empire State Marathon
When? October 9, 2016
Website? empirestatemarathon.com
Goals
Goal
Description
Completed?
A
<3:10
No
B
<3:15
Yes
Training
My training was all over the place this year. I kept a good base throughout the year after running the Austin Marathon in Feb, but definitely didn't follow anything specific or anything religiously.
Longest run was 22 miles in the bad humidity and heat of Boston. Peak mileage only hit 55 miles. No speedwork, a little bit of tempo, but really just an unstructu
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The B.A.A. 10K is a road race through the heart of Boston's downtown and Back Bay neighborhoods. It's essentially an out-and-back course that starts and ends at the Boston Common. There's a slight uphill going towards the turnaround near Boston University, but the rest of the course is flat and fast. Huge turnout every year.
Training
After getting absolutely obliterated at the Vermont City Marathon at the end of May (zombie-shuffled to a 3:27 finish), my training has consisted mostly of easy-to-moderate running. I've taken to keeping my Garmin's GPS off to make sure that I run by feel and not fall into the trap of running to hit specific splits. Mostly, I've fo