Nice easy 4 miles with fellow bloggers Jake, Andrea, John (JG), Dan, & Rachelle around the Commons. It was really neat to meet everyone. The support from everyone on the blog is just like a team. It's so nice to share some time with everyone. The legs felt great today, I'm hoping for the same tomorrow! Looking forward to a cruise and a lunch at Quincy Market. The past few days have been a blast. We did a trolley tour to check everything out yesterday. That gave us the lay of the land. We visited Fenway Park, MIT, and the Constitution. I also got to meet Meb at the Expo. It was a lot of walking, more than I wanted for the past 2 days. Today the goal is to stay in the shade and stay OFF the feet as much as possible! I think we're going to do a cruise and maybe call it a day. I've got to conserve every bit of energy as possible for the terrible heat tomorrow. Good news is maybe a fast tail wind. The goal is to stay on goal pace (5:55), but adjust at 10K if the heat is beating me up too much. Considering the 1st 10K is mostly downhill I think that should be a safe plan. So my range is 2:35-2:40, if I'm feeling good at 2:35 pace I may try a few miles at a faster pace after the 10K (5:48). If I'm not feeling good I'll slow to a 2:37 (6:00) pace and hopefully maintain. I plan to loose time through the Newton Hills. My hope is that I won't loose more than 45-50 seconds on the hills. It's going to be really important to keep an eye on the watch through the downhills so as not to run too fast. | 