Half marathon at goal marathon pace around my big neighborhood loop. Felt amazing the first 8 miles with a few moments where my legs felt it. Miles 8-10 I started feeling a little more drained, then mile 11 I hit a bit of a wall. I'd built up plenty of a cushion to go sub 1:30 but my goal for the workout was to stay at or under 3 hour pace the whole time after mile 1, so I pushed pretty hard to stay at 6:53 or faster the last couple miles. I was at 6:50-6:52 for miles 11-13 and then I did a stride to finish up the last .1. Finished the run in 1:27:30. Lot of endurance to build in order to be able to do todays run twice in a row- especially if I want to enjoy the race and not suffer for the last hour of it. I had pretty consistent 6:30 miles for a while in the middle of the run, I think that's a good pace to use as marathon pace going forward. I'll sign up for a marathon when I can do 20-22 miles at marathon pace with a few at marathon pace miles at the end of the run. |