7:55 average pace. If I am going to race at my 1/2 and full marathon paces, I need to get acquainted and comfortable with them--so a bit of a tempo run today. Warmed up about 5.4 miles, then 2 miles at target 1/2 marathon pace(6:56, 6:58) before slowing down to 2 miles at target marathon pace(7:34,7:31) and then a little cooldown. The marathon pace miles felt like piece of cake after running the 1/2 marathon pace miles. The 1/2 marathon pace miles didn't feel too bad, but it will be tough to run 13.1 at that effort. All miles done on dirt roads as always to keep my foot happy. My foot is doing great. I am striving for full healing so have decided to continue to stay on dirt, stay off asphalt, skip the 5k on asphalt this weekend, and instead do a 20 miler on the dirt roads at home. Did 10 minutes of pilates with Denise Austin afterward. |