in planning a work trip, i realized that i need to start ramping up my training for the vancouver marathon.  for the past few weeks i've only run max of 17 miles a week.  that's running 5 miles one day, and then four on two other days.  it doesn't sound like much, and indeed it isn't.  really it's just how much i can run before work at the gym in a short amount of time.  to get up to speed, pardon the pun, i need to start getting way more milage in the next few months.  fortunately, i don't think that should be a problem.  after my 5 mile runs, i still feel like i can go longer.  maybe not on a treadmill, but in general.  as for my shorter, 4 mile runs, i've been ramping up the pace/speed on the machine.  i used to run at a 7ish pace (setting 8.5 for those interested).  this seemed to work fine, but now i've been running at a 9.0 setting.  i've also been messing with the %age elevation on the shorter runs to mixed results.  two weeks ago i did a week of more of an incline.  this past week, i increased pace.  maybe next week i'll do both?  who knows...

anyway, i'll post more on my progress in the weeks ahead