Off to the All-Star Week

Next stop, San Francisco! On a 7 am 757 on 7-7-7 from NY to San Fran for our MLB All-Star festivities, and after a busy work schedule through all of the activities including the Home Run Derby Monday night and the 78th All-Star Game on Tuesday night, I am especially looking forward to spending the entire day Wednesday running the hilly and legendary streets of San Francisco. I just have to catch a redeye flight at 11 that night, so I'll have time to figure out where to wash off before the flight, since I check out of my hotel by 1 that day. Airport bathroom if nothing else. Any suggestions welcomed! I will be very sweaty heading to the airport! Maybe a beach has an overhead spray or something and I pack a bar of soap to take with me on the run? Feel free to say hi during the All-Star events, I will be writing lots of articles for MLB.com and help facilitating sportsjunkie.tv among many other duties, and I also look forward to meeting with our partners here at Six Apart, creators of VOX. I am responsible for MLBlogs.com, where we are in our third year of partnering with Six Apart for that original Typepad platform (must grow to social network asap!), and here is my own MLBlog in case you are interested.

New York City Marathon training is going great, and I am enjoying the challenge of training with my Team for Kids partners that I have discussed in previous posts. Just received this weekly workout schedule from them, so you can see what I am trying to follow. Will be MUCH HARDER with the All-Star week, but I am determined to not sacrifice my running during out jewel events in Major League Baseball.

Recommended Training Schedule
Week of July 9

Monday: Rest or cross train with a bike, an easy 6-10 miles to loosen the legs

Tuesday: 6 miles – interval training

o        Start: easy mile and a half

o        2:00 minute pickup - aim for a faster pace but not ‘all out’ running

o        2:00 minute slower pace jog

o        2:00 minute pickup

o        2:00 minute slower pace jog

o        2:00 minute pickup

o        2:00 minute slower pace jog

o        2:00 minute pickup

o        2:00 minute slower pace jog

o        2:00 minute pickup

o        Finish: remainder of mileage at easy pace

The pickups and interval jogs should get you through about a mile and a half, but it is okay if you do a bit less or a bit more.  We want to have you start to get the sense of acceleration and quicker running.  Try to do this workout on a dirt trail or path.

Wednesday: 2 to 4 miles easy pace

Thursday: 5 miles easy pace

Friday:  Rest

Saturday: 8 to 10 miles with hills

Sunday: 3 to 5 miles easy pace

...keep in mind that the New York City Marathon is on Nov. 4, so it's now just about a 16-week training program.