FREYGUY

6am run with Gordon and Nelson.  34 degrees.  We ran an out and back along SR 90 toward Monticello.

9:03, 8:48, 8:26, 8:30, 8:46, 8:49, 8:42, 8:43, 8:25, 7:58

8:37 mpm or 10 miles in 1:26:15

noon run on the treadmill.  9:22 mpm pace

5am run with the group from the Belle.  61 degrees.  Easy run during taper week.

9:05, 8:54, 8:48, 9:11

4 miles in 36:00 or 9:00 mpm

5am TM run at the hotel before going to work.  Easy pace with one mile pickup

This is the 4th time that I have run this race.  Jeff Golden, Joseph Bell, and Dave Smith are running it with me.  Nelson and Gordon are running the half.  Weather was perfect with temps in the 40's and overcast.  Course is a fast course.  However, I knew that I had not done the work going in to physically be ready for this one.  Also, with doubt on my mind, I was not mentally tough whenever fatigue sat in.  I ran out of legs by mile 12 and things got ugly quick.

7:31, :34, :24, :23, :29, :27, :30, :33, :34, :50, :36, 8:19, 8:33, 8:52, 9:13, 9:56, 9:16, 10:05, 10:21, 13:10, 12:35, 10:38, 11:50, 12:51, 12:13, 11:07, (3:47)

1st 10K: 47:07

13.1M: 1:41:35

30k: 2:35:44

last half: 2:24:08

looking at this from the glass half full perspective:  I'm still running.  A marathon is a true test of your physical endurance.  This test shows me I have lots of work to do to get back in good shape.