Summary of Silly Philly Training Stats

The following stats detail the 18 weeks leading up to the marathon, excluding the two weeks of taper immediately prior.

# of runs
86 (avg of 5 per week)

Miles:
734

Average mpw:
41

# runs of 18 miles or more:
5

Hours of running:
110

Average Pace:
9 mm

Proportion of runs run alone:
91%

Highest weekly mileage:
53

Races:
3 (one 4 miler and two halfs - Queens and Staten Island)

PRs:
None

Speed work, Hill Work, Crosstraining:
None to speak of

Lowest & Highest Temps:
Around about 38F and 90F (?)

Runs missed due to injuries/sickness:
Two (due to cold/sore throat in late September)
Remarkably however - NO running-related injuries!

This schedule is almost identical to that of my Chicago training schedule three years ago, with the exception that I did a lot of crosstraining (swimming/cycling/weights/yoga) back then. And to be honest, I was slimmer back then. I also came to Chicago after a few solid years of running and a couple of other marathons. This time I'm coming from two years of nothing much (except child birth and over eating).

So, in answer to Thomas's question, I don't really know what time I'm shooting for. I would say at the very least I want to qualify for Boston (not that I plan to do it again.) I'd be a little disappointed with a 3:40 or slower, but I'd get over it. I would be absolutely over the moon with anything 3:29:59 or faster. But being realistic, my time is likely to fall somewhere in between those two.

The weather forecast still looks decent, but I'm suspicious. I think it's going to be freezing before we start, and I'm worried about the muscles seizing up. I'm going to try to plan it so I have a minimal wait time.

I'd like to be able to tell you how to track me, but the lame website doesn't have that information up yet. As I mentioned, my bib number is 2206 if you're up that early on Sunday, and have any interest. Otherwise - I'll catch you on the flip side!

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Update: sign up to tracking here - I'm Yvonne Damm if you didn't know that already. And apparently there will be live coverage of the race on the website....