Monumental Marathon Play List

This is my Play List for the Marathon...what do you think?

Miles 1-7 "RUN THIS TOWN"
Run This Town	Jay-Z ft Kanye West & Rihanna
Beautiful Day	U2
Lose yourself	Eminem
Airplanes (Feat. Hayley Williams)	B.o.B
TiK ToK	Keisha
Bad Romance	Lady GaGa
Cooler Than Me	Mike Posner
Hey Soul Sister	Train
I Gotta Feeling	Black Eyed Peas
Clocks	Coldplay
The Way I Are	Timberland
Dirty Little Secret	All-American Rejects
Down (Feat. Lil' Wayne)	Jay Sean
Fergalicious	Fergie
Fireflies	Owl City
Waking Up in Vegas	Katy Perry
Glamorous (Feat. Ludacris)	Fergie
Glitter In The Air	Pink
Please Don't Stop the Music	Rihanna
Hot 'N Cold	Katy Perry
Mighty To Save	Hillsong United
In My Head	Jason Derulo
Miles 8-14 - "DANGER ZONE"
Highway to the Danger Zone	Kenny Loggins
Always	Building 429
Check Yes Juliet	We The Kings
I Will Rise	Chris Tomlin
If You Only Knew	Shinedown
The Kill	30 Seconds To Mars
Leave out All the Rest	Linkin Park
The Motions	Matthew West
OMG	Usher ft Will I. Am
Shattered	OAR
Vertigo	U2
Your Love Is My Drug	Ke$ha
Low	Flo Rida ft. T-Pain
So What	Pink
Teenage Dream	Katy Perry
Dynamite	Taio Cruz
Let It Rock	Kevin Rudolf ft. Lil' Wayne
Teenage Wasteland	The Who
Viva la Vida	Coldplay
Addicted	Saving Abel
Girlfriend	Avril Lavigne
Living on a Prayer	Bon Jovi
The Words I Would Say	Sidewalk Prophets
Miles 15-21 - "I'M NOT AFRAID"
I'm not afraid	Eminem
Alive	Pocket Full Of Rocks
By Your Side	Tenth Avenue North
Just Dance	Lady Gaga Ft. Akon
Hearts On Fire	Rocky
Kings And Queens	30 Seconds To Mars
Live Like We're Dying	Kris Allen
Numb	Linkin Park
Something Beautiful	Needtobreathe
Stronger	Kanye West
Sexy Chick	David Guetta Ft. Akon
Uprising	Muse
The Great Escape	Boys Like Girls
When You Were Young	The Killers
What I've Done	Linkin Park
Use Somebody	Kings Of Leon
Imma Be	Black Eyed Peas
Whatcha Say	Jason Derulo
When You're Gone	Avril Lavigne
Welcome To The Black Parade	My Chemical Romance
According To You	Orianthi
California Girls	Katy Perry
Boom Boom Pow	Black Eyed Peas
Miles 22-26.2 - "HOW FAR WE'VE COME"
How Far We've Come	Matchbox Twenty
Everlong	Foo Fighters
In The End	Linkin Park
More	Matthew West
Shake It	Metro Station
Skater Boy	Avril Lavigne
U + Ur Hand	Pink
Shut Up and Drive	Rihanna
All The Small Things	Blink 182
Evacuate The Dance Floor	Cascada feat. Carlprit
Four Minutes	Madonna Ft Justin Timberlake

I ADVISE U TO ALWAYS RUN WITH MUSIC!

2 WEEKS TO GO!!!

Just a quick update! Things are going great.

I ran the Chase Charlie 5k, and ran my fastest 5k in just over 26 minutes.

I continue to run with Pete, and we really push each other well.

My second 20 miler was last weekend, and I went 11:25 pace, just as I planned.

With that tapering officially began. Yay!

Today was 8 miles, and we paced it at 10:32. There's nothing more than 5 miles between now and race day.

The game plan for race day is start with the 4:45 pace group (10:52/mile) and hang with them through the 13.1 mark. At that point, I'll decide how long I can hang with them. If I need to start fading, I can fade at a rate of a minute per mile and still finish ahead of 5 hours!

The goal of course is just to finish, but to go under 5 would be the icing on the cake!

I ADVISE U TO TAPER AS NEEDED!

Ready or not, here I come!

It's been a month since my last post, and it's only another month until the marathon. It's been a good month. All my times are faster, all my paces are more consistent, and my body feels like it's ready.

I ran a 15k race 2 weeks ago on the greenway and surprised myself with a 10:13 pace finishing 3rd in my age group.

Last week my long run was 20 miles. It was fun to run from home to Prairie Creek and halfway back to the downtown Y. Pace was 11:41 which is :14/mi slower than where I need to be, but it was a freezing cold morning and rained on me 8 of the 20 miles.

Next weekend is another 20 miler and I think I can go 11:25 or better.

Today was a great 10 miler with my friend Pete. He has even agreed to sign up for the half marathon and travel down with me. We think we can even run together for the first 7 miles until we split courses.

After next week, I start tapering back gradually. Long runs are 12 miles and weekly runs never go over 6.

I've decided my goal is to break 5 hours (11:27 pace)...and I'm ready!

I ADVISE U TO DETERMINE YOUR GOALS NOW!