Last day in Maine. Parked at Hussey's general store, ran down route 32 until I hit route 17, out and back - 10 miles averaged 7:32 Moderate effort, then I threw in some slower marathon pace miles and a few right at goal pace. Finished up with a mile at half marathon pace. One of those runs were I felt like I could have run forever. Great route with a super wide shoulder and a good mix of hills (nothing too steep, but enough to recruit different muscles and change the pace). I've decided to try for Boston this year based on my recent 5k time. Of course, running and training for a marathon is different than for a 5k, but my original goal was 3:15, but my training has gone so well, there's a good deal of time between now and November 3, there's a 3:05 pace group (though I'm still undecided how I feel about running my qualifier with paces even though pros do it for good portions of races), and the weather will be much cooler. I need to work in some longer shorter races and some time trials to help with predictions, but the last few runs here have been good indicators as well. Today's run is basically a 10-mile progressive tempo slightly above 3:15 marathon pace and it felt very comfortable. I have a half marathon in September and that will be the big text, but for now I'm going with 3:05 marathon pace. | 