Bret

AM - body felt tired/fatigued this morning, no doubt from the dehydration of last evening's run.  Easy 4 miles - though I could have gone longer once I got started.  Planning a high aerobic tempo run at lunch on the treadmill.

* Sad to hear of the passing of Pat Porter - a great runner from the 80's who trained under Joe Vigil.  Died in a plane crash yesterday in Arizona from what I understand.

PM - lunchtime - had a very good workout on  the treadmill.  1 mile warm up then 8.5 miles at marathon pace.-- actually the first of the faster paced miles was just under 7 mins then the rest were all at 6:31 which may be my MP or slightly faster.  As my aerobic base has built - my high aerobic effort pace has continued to improve.  The only drawback to the workout was that I did not have my watch with me to check my HR - so I was going by feel.  Could I have run the full marathon at that pace?  Maybe.  I could have done so perhaps at a slightly slower pace.  Still have 14 weeks until my race - so the next phase of training could perhaps get me even more comfortable at that pace or better.