Road to Boston Training Log | Week 11

Week 11 of my training in the build up to the 2025 Boston Marathon.

This week marked week 11 of my 12-week marathon training block, which I’m referring to as the “Road to Boston.”

Each week, I’m sharing details about my training, some insights, and other musings as I train for the 2025 Boston Marathon.

One week until race day!

Quick announcement:

THIS THURSDAY (April 17, 2025) at 2:45 PM Central, I’m going to be hosting my first LIVE Substack Q&A session where I’ll be answering question I’ve received about marathon training (or endurance training in general). If you have a question you’d like answered, put it in the comments or message/email me directly. I’d love to hear from you and hope to see you there. (You should be able to watch on a computer, but I’d recommend downloading the Substack App for the best experience).

I’m excited to announce that this training log is brought to you exclusively by STRYD running pods. STRYD helps you harness cutting-edge power metrics and real-time insights to optimize every run, anywhere you train.

This week, I’m particularly interested in my Running Stress Balance—Stryd’s metric of training stress. Entering the 2-week taper phase, I’d expect to see this number start to improve a bit, and that’s exactly what appears to be happening. It’s fun to see the trend throughout this 12-week build!

Thanks for following along!

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Week of April 7-13, 2025

Weekly totals

Running: 59 miles (5 days of running)

Biking: ~4 hours (2 rides)

Daily training snapshot

Week 11/Day 1 (Monday)

Workout: 2 hour: 6 minute Zwift workout

Week 11/Day 2

Morning workout: 7 miles easy + 30-minute sauna

Shoes: Forgot to tag!

Afternoon workout: 5 miles easy with the stroller to and from preschool pickup

Shoes: Brooks Glycerin 22

Week 11/Day 3

Workout: 10 miles easy with 6 x 200m hill strides after

Shoes: Nike Zoom Fly 6

Week 11/Day 4

Workout: 2 x 2 miles at ~marathon pace

• 4-mile warmup

• 2 miles at MP (5:34, 5:35)

• 1 mile easy

• 2 miles at MP (5:33, 5:36)

• 2 miles easy

Shoes: Hoka Mach X

Week 11/Day 5

Workout: 1 hour: 45 minute Zwift workout

Week 11/Day 6

Workout: Mini long run with 5k pickup

• 8 miles easy

• 5k pickup (16:22: 5:16, 5:17, 5:11, :38)

• 3 miles easy

Shoes: Nike VaporFly 4

Week 11/Day 7

Workout: 7 miles easy + 30-minute sauna

Shoes: New Balance Fresh Foam 1080