Notes
Noon start, perfect weather 50F and light breeze. Goal was to rehearse the first 11-12 miles of the marathon. Ran a 6.5mi out-and-back course with 1.5 warmup, 10mi at Marathon Pace, and 1.5mi cooldown. The course was a measured bike path through the local metropark with a few rolling hills with 80-100ft of elevation change, but nothing extreme.<BR><BR>The moral of today's run was that we have an idea what too fast is. I'd like to be running 7:06-7:15 pace later in the race, and to make certain to start out in the 7:15-7:30 range for the first 10 in the marathon.<BR><BR>But all in all it was a nice confidence boost and we're ready for the last 14 days. There's still a couple more short quality workouts to go.<BR><BR>[b]13mi total: 1:35:44 (7:22)[/b]<BR>1.5mi wup: 12:26 (8:18)<BR>10mi M-pace: 1:10:56 (7:06)<BR>1.5mi cdn: 12:24 (8:17)<BR><BR>Splits and HR<BR>1- 7:21 (160)<BR>2- 7:10 (158)<BR>3- 7:22 (161)<BR>4- 6:58 (161)<BR>5- 7:05 (165) turn-around<BR>6- 7:04 (155)<BR>7- 6:58 (159)<BR>8- 7:23 (160)<BR>9- 6:43 (165)<BR>10- 6:50 (165)<BR>