Schedule said 17 with 14 at marathon pace. I have been a little concerned about pacing the 1:35 group at the Riverton half so I decided to use this as a test run. I wanted to run a little faster than the 7:15 average to account for course difficulty and the possibility of wind. Ran 2 easy miles (7:55//mile) to the LPT then transitioned to 7:00/mile. Pace felt very good. I was able to lock in the pace and hold it for the entire run. Had a little headwind on the way back which was good practice. I started to feel glycogen depletion the last 2 miles which was a little disappointing. I only had 12 oz of Gatorade and 1 GU so maybe with a little more fuel I could sustain the pace longer. Splits for the MP miles were: 7:00, 7:04, 7:00, 6:56, 7:00, 7:00, 6:58, 7:02, 7:00, 6:57, 6:59, 6:58, 7:00, 6:57. This definitely eased my concerns for pacing Riverton. |