AM - 26.25 SGM. Nothing can replicate the pure suckiness of the end of a marathon like the end of a marathon! Up and down to the half mark. The moon set was another beauty over Snow Canyon. Run up was solid. Ave was 7:27 just like last week with 2 more miles (including the hardest - out of SC). Then down I tried to hold a decent pace. Plan was a 5-4-3 at around MP with .5 recovery. First 5 was pretty solid. Got tired in the middle of the 4 and cut it to 3. Kind of got on my own case and decided to push the last bit back to 4. Got close; by the last 1/3 of a mile I was spent and just jogged it in. Up in 1:37, back in 1:16; for a 2:53 mary. Last year's practice mary with The Circle was on the trails around town and the Fields and I got high 2:40's. So not too shabby. Had some good time to think on the run and I really enjoyed that. Figure I am probably going to run around 2:35 at SGM. Hopefully I feel decent and can take that down a little bit. (Pace 84.5) Just spent 6 hours washing hundreds of cars, yelling at high school kids and cleaning up. Very tiring day. Week was good. Goals for next week: I see myself chilling for most of the week. Probably won't tempo until later in the week. Busy again; this time with the run-a-thon. | 