Josh’s Quest for the Boston Marathon Part #6
This last week of training has been the most challenging week for me so far, both mentally and physically. On the physical side of things I got my first taste of what it means to have a distance-runner pain symptom. In all the time that I have run distance I have never experienced anything quite [...]
Josh’s Quest for the Boston Marathon Part #5
For this past week of training I began to focus more on what to eat before going on my runs. The other day I read an article from Runner’s World Magazine that talked about how to “Snack Smart” before and after running, so I thought I would give it a try. The Article goes on [...]
Josh’s Quest for the Boston Marathon Part #4
This past week of training was the best I have felt yet. The progression I have been going through has helped me gradually increase my mileage each week while still maintaining a pace of seven minute miles, or faster. This reminds me of an article from USA Track and Field titled “Run slowly Race slowly” [...]
Josh’s Quest for the Boston Marathon Part #3. What time of day do you run?
Marathon Update #3: What time of day do you run? This week was one of the hottest weeks I can ever remember having! That’s just one more reason I am so happy the Portland Marathon is in October, at 7am in the morning when it’s nice and cool. Despite the heat I managed to have [...]
Josh’s Quest for the Boston Marathon Part #2
This week’s training, overall, went very well. I finished the week off with an 8 miler that I ran in just over 50 minutes. I seem to be holding steady, if not surpassing, my goal of maintaining a 7minute mile pace for the entire duration of the marathon. Part of my progress so far definitely [...]
Training for a Marathon with Train2move Athlete Josh Platt
I have asked some of the other team members of Train2move to begin writing some posts so they too can share their passion for training with you. The first is Josh who will be preparing for the Portland Marathon this coming October. He will be doing a basic diary of his training for you. While [...]