Today was the last hard workout before the marathon. Warmed up with 2.25 miles then ran 3 X 1 mile at 5K pace with 1/2 mile jog in between each repeat. The plan was to try to keep the pace below 6:00/mile. Started out a little fast on the first one but settled into a decent pace and ran 5:50. Started quick again on the second one but I didn't back off quite as much and ended up running 5:45. For the last one, I decided to be a little more conservative at the beginning and run at more of an even pace and ran it in 5:55. The last one didn't hurt as much as it should have but was still a good effort. I averaged 10 seconds/mile faster than when I ran this the week before Boston. During the warm up I was thinking that my fitness hasn't improved much since this spring but maybe this indicates that it has improved a little. Total Time: 59:29 (7:26/mile) | 