PM: 8.5 miles on the treadmill in 75:23. HR 139.
Picked up the effort the last 15'. Sweaty. Was going to run again, but didn't. Winds today were 20-30 MPH with gusts in the 40-60MPH range. I wasn't going to deal with that. Give me single digits or under and I'm just fine. Wind ticks me off.
9 weeks to the marathon. I have a lot of work still left to do to sharpen up and get marathon pace down. If I had to run one in two weeks, I imagine breaking 2:50 would prove difficult. I'd like to be 2:43-2:45, but I came to the conclusion that this might be a "rebuilding marathon," which was not a pleasant thought. Quite enjoying the training though.
Just saw on Strava that Jason Butler of Oklahoma (formerly on the blog) just broke the 45-49 National 50k Record on the roads. He ran 3:09:26, which is 6:03 pace. His marathon PR is around 2:31/2:32 or just under 5:50 pace.
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