Marathon Pace Run. 2 miles easy, 4 miles @ MP - 10 sec./mile, 3 miles easy. Average pace: 8:51.
Weather: about 52°, but good weather data is lacking because motionbased is down again.
I didn't feel like getting up and running this morning, but I felt better once I did it. I was shooting for about 8:15 on the MP - 10 sec. mile section of the run. I didn't quite make it on the first of the 4 MP miles despite that it was largely downhill. I guess it just took me a while to get warmed up. Splits were 10:09, 9:30, 8:25, 8:14, 8:13, 8:10 (this mile was uphill and hard) 8:56, 9:00, 9:03.
My training schedule says to take a rest day the day before the race. However, I think I'm going to take a rest day tomorrow and then run short and easy on Thursday and Friday. I often feel a little sluggish the day after a rest day and tomorrow's a travel day anyway. |