This week marked week 2 of 12 of my official build toward the California International Marathon (CIM) on December 7, 2025. Each week, I’ll be sharing data, insights, and other information about my training and process. I did something similar for the 2025 Boston Marathon, and the feedback was positive enough that I decided to do it again!
You can find week 1 of the training log here.
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Week 2 (September 22–28, 2025)
This was, without a doubt, one of the most solid training weeks I’ve had since the Boston Marathon build, both in terms of quality running and overall volume. Maybe it was the “lighter” training week on vacation, but my body felt strong and my mind felt motivated this week—so I decided to take advantage of it. The first half of the week presented the usual hot and humid Texas summer weather, but the latter half brought a nice transition to fall with some cool mornings that lent themselves a renewed sense of freshness to some runs. It’s amazing how good you can feel when you’re not losing 10% of your body weight in sweat on a single run…
Weekly totals
Running: 83 miles (5 days of running)
Biking: 5 hours 13 minutes (3 rides)
Week 2 | Day 1
Workout: 12 miles easy
Shoes: ASICS Superblast 2
Week 2 | Day 2
Workout: 2 hour 7 minute Zwift ride
Week 2 | Day 3 (Workout Wednesday)
Workout:
30-minute warmup
10-minute tempo run (5’25”/mile average)
16 x 400 meters with 60’ rest (75-80” each)
10-minute tempo run (5’28”/mile average)
10-minute cooldown
Shoes: Nike Zoom AlphaFly Next% 3
Week 2 | Day 4
Workout: 20 miles easy
Shoes: ASICS Superblast 2
This is usually my “medium-long” run day, but I felt so good and the weather was cooler than usual. So I just kept running. In my running philosophy, you take advantage of the days you feel spectacular when they happen (within limits). This ended up being only 2-3 miles longer than I would have run anyway.
Week 2 | Day 5
Workout: 2 hour 6 minute Zwift ride
Week 2 | Day 6 (Long Run)
Today was a fun one—a point-to-point run from home to downtown where I met my wife and son for brunch. The first 10 miles were easy, and then I upped the pace slightly for the last 13 as I started to feel strong and smooth. I felt like I could have run 4-5 more miles today at the same effort and finished the run feeling tired but not depleted. I’ve been enjoying doing some of my long runs on “vibes”—pushing when and where I feel good and easing back on days I feel less than stellar.
Workout: 23-mile long run
Shoes: Brooks Hyperion Max 3
Fuel:
1 shot of caffeinated Ketone IQ before
40 grams of carbohydrate gel at 40/80/120 minutes
1 bottle (18 ounces) of water with Skratch carbs + electrolytes (30 grams carbs total)
Protein shake with 2 scoops (40 grams total) of Equip grass-fed beef protein.
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Week 2 | Day 7
Workout: 10 miles easy + 40-minute Zwift ride
Shoes: ASICS Superblast 2
Good luck Brady!