The taper continues

Well less then 4 days away and the NYC Marathon will be underway. Make sure you track me bib # 3069 or watch it live on line. I will include instructions on how to do this in this post. Leg feels good and just enjoying the rest.

GO PHILS.

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NYC 1 week away

Well the taper is going well. Glad these rainy days are during my taper weeks because I would hate to do long runs in the rain. Did a 5k this morning in Delaware. It was nice race. Very well organized. I finished 3rd overall and won my age group in a time of 17:42. It was about 70 degrees and 100% humidity. I will update more as the marathon approaches. Enjoy the weekend.

GO PHILS

Last Long Run

This was the last ling run before the NYC Marathon.

5k Next weekend

One way to keep up the intensity is to run a short race like a 5 of 10 k so next Saturday I am running a 5k in DE it is in support of a friend's daughter. Here is the info and a chance to race me before I head off to tour the 5 boroughs of NYC. See info below.

Run for the Buds presented by Valero.

5K run / walk at the Wilmington Riverfront on Saturday, October 24th at 9AM.

Please consider joining us for the RUN or WALK. (**Note** we'll probably have more walkers than runners.)

If you can not attend, we are accepting donations online as well.

Registration and additional information is available on our website.

http://www.runforthebudsde.org

P.S. We have a team name = "Amanda Gilligan"

Week 14 NYC Training (Taper week 1)

Well taper is going well and the leg is feeling better. I am glad it was a taper weekend because doing a long run in the cold and rain is not my idea of fun. All the hard work is over now it is time to rest but keep up the intensity. I will do one more mid distance run this week 12-15 miles just to keep fresh. Enjoy the weekend. GO PHILS beat LA.

MapMyRun.com | View LBI 18 Miler in Beach Haven, New Jersey

MapMyRun.com | View LBI 18 Miler in Beach Haven, New Jersey

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Tapering

So the marathon is less then 3 weeks away. The leg is feeling much better. I am keeping up with stretching and all the other exercises that go along with it. I am reducing my mileage but keep up the intensity. I probably do one more mid range run 12-15 miles within the next week and then begin to cut mileage even more to get ready for the big race. I posted a map of the race from Sunday.

NYC Training Week # 13

Let the "taper" begin. Did 60 miles last week to finish up week 13.

3 weeks to go. Leg is feeling better.

Did the LBI 18 mile run yesterday. This was a cool race. 18 miles straight and flat. My time was 1:55:03 4 in age group and 15 overall. This was a good tune up as NYC is less then 3 weeks away.

Broke 2400 miles for the year. Enjoy the cool running weather this week.

NYC Training Week # 12

4 weeks till race day. I ended up with 85 miles for the week which was a nice amount for the week. Leg is getting better each day. Next week have a 18 miler in LBI should be a nice tune up before NYC. Enjoy the fall running weather.

Sept 2009 Wrap-Up

163 miles for the month.

Did a 20 miler yesterday and leg felt good. I am signed up for the LBI-18 miler next Sunday. That will be a good race with a month left until NYC. Leg is feeling better get a couple more long runs in then begin the taper. Enjoy the weekend. GO PHILS.