113th Boston

2:41:11

Next race: 40th NYC
Goal: sub 2:37:00

See you in the Big Apple!

Classic Inspiration XXVI

The distance is nothing when one has a motive . . .

Jane Austen, Pride & Prejudice

$5000!

I broke $5000!

Thank you to everyone who has donated.

Antoine-Louis Barye

What will be the proper allegory for my race?
Will the race course and I be as evenly matched as these two bears wrestling?
Will I be in trouble, like the horse attacked by a tiger? Or will I be the tiger? (Is that a horse or a unicorn?)

(I would tell you about all the lovely paintings I saw, but you would mock me.)

Week 1

Sunday April 12 through Saturday April 18

Sunday -- Rest (National Gallery of Art)

Monday -- 50 minutes treadmill

Tuesday -- 50 minutes treadmill

Wednesday -- 30 minutes treadmill

Thursday -- 30 minutes treadmill

Friday -- 30 minutes treadmill

Saturday -- 3 miles (30:00)

Classic Inspiration XXV

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.

Henry David Thoreau

Week 2

Sunday April 5 through Saturday April 11

Sunday -- Cherry Blossom 10M: 57:47

Monday -- 20 minutes treadmill

Tuesday -- 60 minutes treadmill

Wednesday -- 60 minutes treadmill

Thursday -- 40 minutes treadmill

Friday -- 30 minutes treadmill

Saturday -- 12 miles (1:30:00)

Place Your Bets!

I have one final incentive for you, my loyal readers and donors. Win a prize if you guess how fast I run the 113th Boston Marathon on April 20!

Here are the rules:
With every $20 donation, send me your best guess as to what my official time on race day will be. The slowest time that is still faster than my official time will win. That is, do not overshoot. (For example, if I run 2:39, 2:36 will beat 2:40, and 2:37 will beat both.)

Send me your guess and shirt size (XS-XL) by April 17.

ps Here is some help. I ran 2:52 last April, and I ran 2:47 in NYC. This year, I want to break 2:40 (6:07 per mile). If I feel fantastic, I will go after 2:37 (6:00 per mile).