Notes
Long run home after church. Cheated and had Cathy drop me off downwind so had the wind at my back the whole way. 81 degrees, 7% humidity, wind WSW at 23 mph. Warm temperature might have made up for the wind at my back a little though. Started out at what felt like a good pace with the wind behind me, but struggled a bit toward the end. Ran out of water with about 4 miles to go and HR started climbing. Cathy brought me some water with about 1.5 miles left to go and that made a huge difference. Tougher than I thought it would be, but the longest run in my life so I guess I shouldn't have expected a cake walk. Overall avg pace 9:07, avg HR 153. Only 10 miles further for the actual marathon! Ugh!
Mile 11 was slow because Cathy came to cheer me on with the dogs and Lady jumped out of the truck and I had to get her back in. Mile 15 was slow because that's where Cathy met me with the water.