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This week’s marathon training ended with a 4.2 miles run, Pat’s Run. If you’re not familiar with the name Pat Tillman, is was an Arizona State football player who went on to play for the Arizona Cardinals, after 9/11 he decided to leave professional football and go to war in Iraq because he believed it was his duty. Unfortunately, Pat Tillman was killed in Iraq, so eight years ago Pat’s Run was born, a day to honor an incredible soldier. Today was the 8th annual run, but my first.

The finish line is the 50 yard line of Sun Devil Stadium the same place Pat Tillman played for ASU and the Arizona Cardinals. 

I’m making my way back our of recovery and back into marathon training mode. I need to taper my training some, however I’m very much looking forward to making a full recovery and giving this marathon everything I’ve got. 

Today’s run brings me to 301 miles run YTD

Completed Week 6 is marathon training with a 9 mile run. This week was a bit of a mental challenge. It was a hard week at work and by the end of the day and I was drained, doubting wether or not I should even go for a run. However, I pushed through the doubt and completed all my scheduled runs. Bring it on Week 7

196 miles run YTD

Ended Week 3 with a 8+mile run this morning. It was a week that could’ve ended put a BIG pause in my training when I nearly sprain my ankle during a night run on Thursday. Coming down a hill I stepped into a hole and tweaked my left ankle. I didn’t believe I had done any major damage and continued for another mile, but definitely started feeling the pain so I cut that night’s run short. I have a New Belgium recovery system that takes aways the aches and pains, you can see here on Instagram. Ohh, and my Garmin 410 was delivered to me on Tuesday!!! So far I’m loving it!! The touch bezel is awesome, and the GPS is so precise. My average pace for the end of Week 8:17. Training starts all over again tomorrow. 

Completed my second week of marathon training with a 7 mile run this morning. So far so good, and I’ve managed to shave off 30seconds in my average running time. This week I ordered the Garmin 410 to track my runs, can’t wait for it to arrive. The STRAVA app for my phone works great as well, but it drains the battery very quickly. That’s it for now.

My first week of marathon training is officially done. It’s all starts again tomorrow. So far so good. Keep having some minor achiness in my left knee, but icing it and rubbing some PowerFlex cream on it certainly helps. I’m going to keep an eye on it, and possibly just put a compression sleeve on for support. Been training in Brooks PureConnect, and they’ve felt very comfortable, I’m pretty happy with the shoe.