Was at work in the lab until 9:30 the night before, didn't get to run yesterday. For this run, did 15 miles at an average of 6:13 (1:33:16) on a treadmill. Split 10 miles in 62:28 (just under 6:15) and then did the last 5 in 30:48 (just under 6:10). Last couple were getting pretty hard, but it was manageable. I had probably 2-3 miles left in me at the end, but the goal wasn't to obliterate myself, so I stopped at 15 as planned. Oh, and I wasn't quite sure how to log this... This was a little faster than marathon effort, but not as hard as threshold, so I just put it as marathon pace. This particular workout, if i was maxed out by the end (I wasn't quite there) would correspond to about a 2:45 marathon on the Phoenix course, given that I'm at altitude but that running on a treadmill is akin to running on a slight (1%) decline due to several factors. I'm still undecided as to what pace to push for at Phoenix (I really would rather not blow up in my first marathon in 4 years), but I know that I would be dissatisfied with anything slower than 2:48 or so (I need a 5 minute PR to be happy). I have the feeling that I'll probably end up deciding to go out in 1:23 or so and just see what I can do from there.
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