Mike's Marathon Blog

We are down to 48 hours right now. It is getting close. Trust me, my nerves remind me every 5 minutes. Every month I write a recap of my workouts and runs. Since I did not do much in April, I thought I would write a summary of my entire training.

I would not change one thing about how I trained for this race. After being accepted onto the Miles for Miracles team, I spent days pondering and planning how I would train. The coach’s planned our Saturday long-run schedule, but we were in charge of everything else in between. I knew that I could not use a universal running program. My number 1 goal going into this was not to get injured. I knew if I ran 5 days/week or 30 miles/week, my risk of injury would increase significantly. I wanted to cross-train, lift weights and simply get in great shape. I knew if I toned my legs and the rest of my body, that it would hopefully take the place of running the extra 2 or 3 days/week. I have said it before and I will say it again, Spinning and swimming are by far the best cross-training activities that you can do for your body. Spinning and swimming 4 days/week for the first few weeks helped me build up to running 30 miles/week. Lance Armstrong is a cyclist. He ran a sub 3 hour marathon in his first attempt. I would say that his legs were properly trained from the bike to run 26 miles.

Training recap, plus a little extra:

26,750 runners in the 2010 Boston Marathon

23138 is my bib number

$5,000+ raised for Children’s Hospital Boston

2,550 times Mike’s Marathon Blog has been viewed

419 miles running (distance from Boston to Baltimore)

240 minutes is how long it will take me (roughly) to run the Boston Marathon

191 pounds is what I weighed on Halloween 2009

168 pounds is what I weigh today

167 days of training is how I lost 23 pounds

114th Boston Marathon

84 is the most times my blog was viewed in 1 day

49 Mike’s Marathon Blog posts…….so far

63 hours spent in the weightroom

28 hours spent at Spin class

14 blisters is the most I had on both feet at 1 time

10 miles swimming (for the first few weeks)

5:15 a.m. is when Jacky will be driving me into Boston on Monday

3 is how many nights I’ve had an alcoholic beverage since October

2 pairs of running shoes

1 very excited runner!