Well, race day is almost here and I'm nervous. All the normal questions are running through my mind.... Am I ready? Can I really hold the pace for 26.2? What if I can't? But unfortunately I have this additional question to add to the list....... Will my cold be completely better? Yep, I came down with a cold on Monday night and have been battling it since. It seems to be on the way out, thou I did miss one of my runs this week in an effort to rest and recover ASAP.
I did make it out for 4 runs though. And my pacing was super crazy. I did feel good today on my 8 miler though, so that is good news.
Monday was supposed to be an easy 4 miler but I was running a little late for a meeting and ended up running faster than I should have.
9:02
8:24
8:21
8:45
Tuesday I was already feeling sick but ran anyway. It was supposed to be a 5 mile tempo. My GPS signal went crazy during mile 3 though so I don't really know if I made it into the sevens or not. These are my splits according to crazy GPS.....clearly the third mile is innacurate.
9:07
8:43
4:38 (this makes me laugh and laugh.)
8:38
9:05
Wednesday Susannah and I slept in and stayed in our PJs until lunch.
Thursday was a scheduled off day. Then Friday I did a 5 miler with 4 miles at pace. Our splits were
crazy......definitely not feeling confident in the pacing arena.
9:25
8:00
8:11
8:37
8:38
Today I did my "long run" of 8 miles. It went well and I felt good as evidenced by these splits:
9:28
8:55
9:10
9:11
8:59
8:57
8:53
8:52
Well, I guess my next post will include a race recap of my 9th marathon!!! Wish me luck!
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