The title for todays 15 mile Big Workout is: When the Levee Breaks Today I finally paid the piper for my weekend and Monday of gluttony and the Levee did break at home before the run, during the run, and at home after the run. So it sucked but I finally lost the back fat that I'd put on over the weekend. Running wise I actually felt really good. We did a 5.5 mile warm up and then 4x4 min fartlek's at CV pace with a 2 min recovery jog in between and then around 5 of cool down to finish of the 15 miles. During the Fartlek's I didn't restart my garmin on each one but just tried to keep Logan fairly close- every time I looked at the pace it was around 5:07- 5:10. So I'm guessing each one was in that ballpark. I really felt pretty good on all of them until the forth and then by the end of that one I needed a bathroom stop again. I feel really good about where I'm at in preparation for the marathon. The legs, lungs, heart, and even my brain is ready for a breakthrough race. My only worry is my stomach and maybe my diaphragm. Hopefully I can control my diet enough in the next two weeks to eliminate my stomach as a possible "bummer" and pray that the diaphragm doesn't act up either. If I can get those two things to work with me on race day things could go very well. (SS- 235)
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