Not 50 in 50 in 50, but I'll saddle up for 60 in 8...

If you would have told me 4 months ago that I would be training at 60 miles of running in 8 days...I think I would have told you to go f--- yourself. But that was 4 months ago.

Over the past 8 days I have had two days of rest. The other 6 days I covered 60 miles of running. That's an average of about 10 miles each day of training.

I just got done running 18 miles for my long run. I was even able to train to a negative split (John and Chris might be the only ones who know what this is). Next Sunday will be a full 20 miles for the long run. Incredible. Here is the breakdown of the past 8 days:

Sunday: 16 mile run

Monday: Rest

Tuesday: 8.5 miles of interval sprints (2.5 mile warm up, 3 x 1 mile interval sprints, 3 miles @ 8.15 for each mile)

Wednesday: 6.5 mile hill runs (goal is to really push yourself up the hills)

Thursday: 3.5 mile run (I was actually going to run 9, but had a rain out)

Friday: 7.5 mile run (Pace work here...I think we made it around 8.15 to 8.30)

Saturday: Rest

Sunday: 18 mile run (negative split)

Next week brings more intensity and harder training. I get to eat all the good food I want and train like a madman. I am on my way to being ready for the marathon.