Felt a little sluggish for the first couple of miles but started to feel pretty good once I warmed up.. Felt like I was holding back on the pace but it was pretty close to my usual long run pace. I didn't take anything to rehydrate or refuel and I could really feel it at about mile 12. I was going to stop at the convenience store but figured that I was close enough to being done that I would just tough it out. Glad to have this week behind me. I fell well short of my mileage goal. It was a cut back week anyway so it was a good week to be sick. Next week is a pretty big week training wise.
Avg Hr = 148
Total Time = 1:58:00 (7:52/mile)
I've been trying to figure out my racing plans for the rest of the year. The only thing scheduled now is Boston then the rest of the year is wide open. I'm either going to take a break from marathons for the rest of the year or run the Utah Grand Slam. The Slam is spread out enough this year that it won't be too tough/ I think that I can still give a pretty good effort in each marathon culminating in my first sub-3 attempt at St George. In reality, I don't think that I will ever be much better than a 2:57-2:59 marathoner. I can't handle the mileage (physically or time wise) required to achieve much more than that. It is tough being too slow to be competitive but not slow enough to be able to run events just for the fun of it. Even if I focus on shorter races, I feel as though I will be in the same boat the only difference being that there is some additional satisfaction of just completing a marathon. | 