I only ran 12 miles today as I am now fully into my taper for the marathon next Saturday. I ran a 3200 time trial as part of my workout. It was somewhat windy (not terrible, but windy enough to cost me a fair amount of time), so I was not entirely sure what to shoot for time wise. I decided to just run hard and hope for the best. Splits were: 1:10, 1:12, 1:11, 1:10, 1:12, 1:14, 1:14, 1:11. Total time was 9:34. I felt strong through 5 laps, but struggled some during laps 6 and 7. I was a little peeved because I felt like I gave up mentally. If there was someone with me, even if I was leading I think that I could have maintained 1:11's. I also know that I had more left in the tank on the last lap. Overall, despite my annoyance with myself, I was very pleased with how things went as I equaled my weak 3000m pr from 2003 splitting 3000m in 8:58. If this would have been a race I think that I would have finished in the high 9:20's, as I would have been more motivated, and the wind had to have been worth something in the vicinity of 10 seconds. | 