Notes
2 words - Death March. That's how this run felt. I had nothing right from the beginning. I did and out and back on the Boston course over the hills. At times I was running so slow up the hills against the wind around 9:30 pace. I can't ever remember being this flat on a long run... ever. By mile four I knew this was going to be a suffer fest. I also knew I had to finish and not worry about pace. No way I was going to quit. At times the wind was 30 MPH. My last 3 miles were my fastest as I had the tailwind at that time. I had a bunch of negative thoughts rattling around in my head. But once I started with my mantra they went away. :)
The good news is I got 22 miles in and my new shoes were fine so I can wear them in the marathon!