Another warm and sunny day with some light wind. Today I wanted to do some tempo running to shake the legs out and have another test before the marathon. I planned on doing 5 x 4:00 at tempo pace (around 6:20 to 6:30) with 90 seconds recovery between. I did a 2 mile warm up and felt ok nothing special. The first tempo took me a little to get in the groove but felt ok. My legs still seems tired and sluggish any time I run faster runs. The rest of them felt better and I had two into the wind that made them a little tougher. After the tempos I did a few strides as well. I don't think today was a confidence booster for the marathon. I am still thinking that I am maybe 5 to 10 minutes off of the shape I was in last fall. Hopefully, the next few days of taper will give me some sharpness on race day. 51:29 (7:22 avg)
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