February 1: Kaiser Permanente Half Marathon - done!
March 1: Napa Valley Marathon - registered!
March 15: Emerald Across the Bay 12 K
April 26 : Big Sur Marathon (This one is still a maybe?)
May 30: Rnr San Diego Marathon - registered babeee!
July 19: Napa to Sonoma Half Marathon - registered
July 26: San Francisco Marathon (5th year in a row!!)
October 11: Chicago Marathon - registered yesterday!
October 18: Nike Women's Marathon (huge maybe)
December 6: California International Marathon
Training for the Napa Valley Marathon is well under way and I can't believe I have less than a month to go now! Starting last week, I've kicked it up a notch! I've started to incorporate one long run midweek and also doing 20 milers on my weekend long runs. This is what my runs have been looking like the past week:
Wednesday: 5 miles tempo @ 8:38 pace
Thursday: 10 miles @ 9:20 pace
Friday: 6 mile hill workout 9:58 pace
Saturday: Rest!
Sunday: KP Half 13.1 miles
Monday: Rest!
Tuesday: 8 miles @ 9:17 pace
Wednesday (today): 10 miles @ 9:32 pace
As for the rest of the week:
Thursday: 6 miles
Friday: Rest
Saturday: 20 miles
Sunday: 7 miles (For the 7 on 7th, we're doing it on Sunday!)
I am excited to hit 50+ miles this week! And, I've been feeling really good out there. I'm not looking to PR at Napa but I'm hoping for a good strong race.
Oh and last month, I ran 145 miles at about 9:30 min avg pace! Woohoooo! I definitely plan to exceed that mileage this month!
Now, leaving you with photos of my run today... Views of San Francisco from the East Bay!
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One last note, I'm really behind on blog reading. I haven't forgotten you. I promise!!! (Thank you for coming back to read mine, really. I appreciate it very much.)
Glad to hear your training is going so well. You just might PR again if you keep this up (no pressure!)!
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50+ miles - Congrats :) Looks like a lot of great quality running (which is awesome for that busy schedule)!
ReplyDeleteYou have a busy schedule, a race every month! You are going to have a great year. Have lots of fun.
ReplyDeleteYou are such an inspiration!!
ReplyDeleteLooks like a great schedule! I love the photos. I am jealous that you don't have snow on the ground.
ReplyDeleteYour schedule is so inspiring, it makes me excited just thinking about it! I can't wait to hear about all of it!
ReplyDelete50 miles is amazing! Race schedule looks good, and I love those pics.
ReplyDeleteYay, Chicago marathon! I'm so excited!!!! I can't wait!
ReplyDelete...Okay, I can wait. I need to get up to these mythical 50-mile weeks so I can be fast and good like you!
Looks like a good plan, Julianne! (rhyme, hehe)
ReplyDeleteI can't believe how soon your next marathon is coming up; good luck with these last few weeks. Sounds like you're doing great!
I'm so happy your running is going so well. Schedule looks great. Training looks phenomenal! Keep up the great work!
ReplyDeleteYou always have the best San Fran photos. I've still never been. Gotta head put there sometime.
ReplyDeleteThats georgous. I love all of your running plans! :) We must work on a training plan for me, i'm gonna do this... but with your help!
ReplyDeleteNice pics and that race schedule looks great
ReplyDeleteGood luck
WOW you log a LOTTA miles!!!!! way to go!!! you're sucha runner :) love the constant go-go-go attitude.
ReplyDeleteThat looks like an awesome schedule, Julianne-i-poo. You are a running monster! But I was bummed to see there is no visit to NYC this year? :(
ReplyDeleteCalifornia has so many great races. I am really looking forward to the Napa to Sonoma half this summer!
ReplyDeleteYAY i am so excited to be running a number of those with you!!! its going to be an awesome year :)
ReplyDeleteVery inspirational!
ReplyDeleteYour new schedule looks...wow. I need to move to Cali, I think!
Sounds like you have an awesome year planned. Good luck and I look forward to reading all the race reports.
ReplyDeleteJulianne, you are a BEAST! seriously. Those pictures are amazing, your 145 miles a month are amazing, gosh! you are owning it out there! Allllllso, we are running at least two, possibly three races together! How exciting!!!!! :)
ReplyDeleteWOW, seeing it all laid out like that really shows me how absolutely HARD CORE you are! Way to rock it, J!
ReplyDeleteAnd those pics are beautiful! We really live in the best place ever....except that today it's gloomy and dark and rainy. :(
I'm so glad to be doing so many of these races with you this year!
Girl - great photos!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great schedule you have lined up! I feel so inferior over here...I need to get my butt in gear!
ReplyDeleteLike others have said, you have too many great races to choose from out there in California! No wonder you want to do them all. I'm SO impressed by your high mileage and then fact that so many of them are speedy. I wanna get there!
ReplyDeleteThose pictures are spectacular! Congrats on a 50 mile week that is great! You are really racking up the miles - the napa valley marathon wont know what hit it!! glad things are going so well! Good luck on the 20 miler!
ReplyDeleteI set your last pic to my background. Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteOne month? You better get crack-a-lackin'!
Still looks like a lot of fun ahead for you this year. Great job on that running mileage and awesome photos!!
ReplyDeleteWhat is up with this "maybe" next to Big Sur! I will not stop bugging you...
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the 50+ mile week! Wowza!
Wow those are gorgeous pictures!
ReplyDeleteGood times! That's still a TON of races!
ReplyDeleteI will be entering the lottery for Nike Women's Half. CIM is on the list at the moment but we'll see after SD. CIM would be great since my fam is there and we'd have a TON of crowd support.
I cannot imagine 50 miles in a week! Craziness! This week was a wash for me...too much work, not enough sleep, i.e. no exercise to speak of =(.
P.S. When are you back in OR?
ReplyDeleteOoo Chicago, sounds like fun! I am glad you didn't cross SF off your list. Hope you have a good 20 miler today!
ReplyDeleteI'll have to live vicariously through you! you are running so many wonderful races that I wanted to run this year but that darned husbands schedule didn't let that work out. I really wanted to do RnR in Seattle or San Diego but I guess it will have to wait=( I will be watching you FLY through them! Your miles and your times are great and I hope to inch my way down there someday. You will have a GREAT year!
ReplyDeleteGood luck with all your runs! Great pics, can't wait to be there one day!
ReplyDeleteI so want to run Chicago. I'm jealous.
ReplyDeleteYou and me both in being behind!
ReplyDeleteLooks like a big year and 50mpw is a great milestone...but no speedwork :(
Have you run the Big Sur Marathon before? I was out there last year and loved the area (obviously) and put that race on my "to do" list for someday. It looks like it would be very challenging though!
ReplyDeleteMaybe after I get my first marathon down in May, I can think about that one for next year...
gorgeous pictures, you should be a photog!
ReplyDeleteHi Julianne, greetings from a fellow East Bay runner. I see we're doing some of the same races - KP, Emerald-ATB, Big Sur, SFM (probably). Nice pics. That was pretty cool, wating for your hubbie at the KP half. Good luck in Napa!
ReplyDeleteGo you!!! Love the pic!
ReplyDeleteYou are the freekin cutest! Like we'd all disappear if you stopped commenting?!?
ReplyDeleteDang girl that is one HECK of a list ;-)
I'm ELATED! I can not WAIT to meet you. We must start discussing racing and such. I'm ready to OBSESS! When i registred, i signed my boyfriend Brian up for the spectator emails, so he knows where to be when LOL! I'm a dork!
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