This would have been the day of the 2009 LA Marathon if the religious leaders of LA hadn't managed to bully the city into changing the date to a holiday Monday. After city leaders determined that too many people have to work Presidents' Day, that left - Memorial Day! All the more time to train.
I've been training seriously since early September, when I joined the LA Roadrunners. We meet every Saturday at 7 am at my old elementary school Westminster Ave. and then head down to Windward and Ocean Front Walk, where we set off in pace groups. That first day was 6 miles, and we added a mile a week until we got to 13 in late November. Right about then was when they set the late date for the marathon, which changed our training plan radically. Rather than continue to add a mile a week, we have been running between 10 and 12 miles every week.
Now, however, the pace is about to pick up. Yesterday was our first hill-training run at Dodger Stadium - I missed it due to illness (shucks). Next week we'll run 14 miles, and it'll increase steadily from there.
I have been wearing a pair of Mizuno shoes - Wave Alchemy 7 - but I prefer the pair I had before - Wave Nirvana 3. When I next need a new pair, probably in early to mid-April, I'll go back to the Nirvana.
I started with pace group 8 at a race pace of 11 minutes a mile, but after I did the City of Angels Half in December in 2 hours, 7 minutes, I moved up to group 7 at a 10.5 minute pace. It's still pretty slow - my shorter weekday runs are much faster - but with our miles about to increase, it seems sensible to keep it slow and steady.
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