Road to Boston Training Log | Week 1

Week 1 of Brady's training in the build up to the 2025 Boston Marathon.

This week marked week 1 of my 12-week marathon training block which I’m referring to as the “Road to Boston.” Each week I’ll share details about my training, some insights, and other musings as I train for the 2025 Boston Marathon. 

Thanks for following along! You can also find my training on Strava.

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Week of January 27–February 2, 2025

Weekly totals:

Running: 77.6 miles (5 days of running/7 total runs)

Biking: 4 hours 6 minutes (2 rides of 2:02 and 2:03)

Daily training snapshot

Week 1/Day 1 (Monday)

Workout: 13 miles easy with a hard finish. I added 6 x ~30-second strides after this one to practice a bit of speed.

Shoes: Hoka Mach X

What else I did today: Easy ~5-mile bike ride for daycare pickup. Good recovery for the legs.

Week 1/Day 2 (Tuesday)

AM workout: 10 miles easy

Shoes: Mizuno Neo Zen

What else I did: 1-hour upper/lower body strength training session and a 20-minute sauna after

PM workout: Easy 5.5 mile run to pick up my son from daycare in the stroller (those miles count extra I think)

Shoes: Mizuno Neo Zen

Week 1/Day 3 (Wednesday)

Workout: 2-hour bike ride on Zwift (indoor trainer). I did some intervals today to add a bit of intensity.

What else I did today: Another easy 5-mile bike ride to daycare pickup

Week 1/Day 4 (Thursday)

AM workout: 4-mile warmup / 6 x 1-mile repeats on the treadmill / 10-minute cooldown

This was my first workout of the block and it went well! I moved it inside because a tsunami rolled into town during the warmup so I made my way to the gym which was serendipitously en route. This workout felt very controlled and I ended it feeling like I had a few more reps in me. First workout of the block down!

Splits:

#1/2: 5:36 (10.7 mph)

#3/4: 5:31 (10.9 mph)

#5: 5:26 (11.1 mph)

#6: 5:17 (11.1–11.9 mph)

Shoes: Puma Deviate Nitro Elite 3

What else I did: 15-minute sauna after the treadmill workout

PM workout: Easy 5.5 miles to and from daycare pickup

Shoes: Nike Invincible Run 3

Week 1/Day 5 (Friday)

Workout: 2-hour ride on Zwift. Did a recovery ride today but still alternated intensities throughout.

Week 1/Day 6 (Saturday)

Workout: 20-mile long run. Kept it easy other than two 2-minute hard efforts near the end.

Shoes: Nike AlphaFly 2 (old racing shoes that I’ve relegated to long runs and workouts)

Week 1/Day 7 (Sunday)

Workout: Easy 7-mile run from the gym

Shoes: New Balance SuperComp Trainer V2

What else I did today: 1-hour strength session + 20-minute sauna

Shoes

Here are the shoes that I ran in this week for each day/workout: