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8 easy out and back on canal toward temple and back.  Amber sore throat.  went easy.  was only going to be 4 with amber then she suggested 6 turning at bathrooms and then i said how about to 4 out and back and she didn't have time so we only went out to 3.56 and back.  7.2 miles and the thunder was happening then large rain drops when we finished then for my last 0.8 miles I got walloped with a downpour and hale and high winds. avg pace 9:20. first mile 10:19. last mile 8:36.  hr=144.

12 miles with SW

2 WU  9:24 avg   Started 10 pace increased pace every 1/4 mile by 0.1 mph  

20 x 90 seconds fast  2 min chill 

6:35 x 5, 6:31 x 5, then alternate 6:35/6:31 x 8.  Then 6:31 then 6:00-6:31 for last one for 90 seconds,   (4.6 miles) 

9:30 pace for the 2 min.  (4.2 miles)

CD to 12 miles (1.2 miles) 9:13-8:27 pace. 
I started about 9:30 am or later.  It was very hard for me to be motivated to do this because my bronchitis came back last night and I took a zinc at like 5 AM and all I could taste was that and I had some issues with the D word in the morning also  But once I got going the more, I did the better I felt and stronger I felt although I was a sweat fast so I definitely needed to stop. There was nothing at all. That was dry on me.

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16 easy with amber

fork before tibble fork reservoir

ran up 2.25 miles back to car then stopped at church and at cedar ridge park

9:24 avg first mile 9:56, secon 10:16 *way up

hr avg 141

6 miles recovery pathetically slow.  Sore slightly and feel tired so barely moved in this jog. 10:05 pace.  Around neighborhood.  Warm morning. But not too much.  Sunny.  129 HR.   Tapering 

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felt fatigued by end and cough came back at night called in to work   just finished 5 days on amoxicilling  13 pills 3 x a day.  

1 mile WU  10 pace by Angie front stiff TM (new), talk 10 min

0.3 warmup again  9:46 avg on second tm because i cooled off

2 mile tempo  started right in 7:41 pace (but tm takes like 20 secs to get there) then to 7:24 at about 0. 75 miles and 6:44 or last 0.1 to make  up for the long time to get to pace) so 15:11 (7:35 avg)

0.5 jog  9:31 avg right to this cool down

1 mile faster  (tm suddenly stopped 4 min in of 7:08 pace) had to put key back in and restart and did 0.53 miles (says 7:24 avg???  bc of that stupid 20 secs to pace issue, but really had it at 7:08 pace entire time and got to like 6:44 for a teeny bit) over kill bc didn't really remember exactly what min the key fell out.  Basically take out 20 secs and that 7:04 so that is more like it. 

0.25 jog  9:31 avg

0.5 mile faster   6:41 for this  I don't think I tried any faster  

1/2 mile cool down about 9:10 avg *9:22 to 8:41.  

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10 easy with Amber w/ two tempo at??? 8???

4 easy with amber just not feeling that great overall 9:14 avg around by my house. avg hr146 no bueno

worked but by end felt really fatigued then that night coughing   took last antibiotic at work.  five days (last thurs, amoxicillin 3 x day).  

called in for my cough  achy all morning went out for a short jog to help detox and energize    It wasn't great  HR 145 avg pace 9:07 avg  3.1 miles

6 easy   9:12 avg   boringly slow no pushing it but at mile 5  I walked a minute ran a min x 4   walking like 16:30 pace and run 7 pace avg.  hr 151  neighborhood by me

4.28 easy at 318 pm    I was supposed to run with Brooke Christensen, but she did not tell me until I texted her at noon that she couldn't go anymore at 12:30.   I wasn't gonna go and then I was just like I gotta do something. My legs feel like lead  I went very very slow but still my heart rate average was 141 (10 pace ugh) so that is concerning, but I did eat all day and just before I left I had some Snickers bar and another piece of chocolate and other food so I think it was really more related to having food even though I didn't feel affected by it like my stomach wasn't upset or anything    Chilly ihout but not horrible The same weather that Boston will be on Monday

2.62   lol  another way of running 26.2.   2.62 miles with Brooke c.  9:16 avg.   left gif Boston 815am.  Run www just after 6 am.  Had to use potty last mile sk hr 141 

Good day.  great weather.  nice long weekend.  Landed Saturday night about 730 pm.   Went to dinner at Olive Garden by the Manchester Airport.  

Slept great.

up for breakfast at hotel and it was raining, drizzling but later down pour for like 8 minutes while we were heading back from expo to the parking garage.

expo about 1140 am.  stayed an hour.  bough my first time jacket for a 30 year veteran of this race.

no big expections except finish under 4 hours.  got to start at 920.  troy and i left hotel about 830-840.  porta potty line for 20 min.  sat on grass with my throw away warm blanket with socks and shoes off all on my own in a crowd. Met a guy from colorado that his wife missed qualifying by 17 secs but is now running utah valley june 7th for which i am a pacer I told him.  small world.  I reassured she would make the goal at uv :D

porta potty line for 12 min.

shorts time.  metal blanket time.  wore a long sleeve on the walk with some fuzzy gloves.  but those came off and thrown to the side of road at mile 1.5 and the shirt around my waist all of the run. It helps stabilize my back and I feel naked without that support.  

I WAS SURPRISED HOW I FELT IN THIS RACE.  NO WALL UNTIL 24.8.  I HONESTLY THOUGTH I WAS GONNA BE ABLE SPRINT TO THE FINISH BUT THE LAST MY I COULD BARELY MOVE MY LEGS (SEEMED LIKE A BACK ISSUE BUT ALSO NAUSE LIGHT HEADED).   BUT MAN ALL THE MILES BEFORE THAT SUPER EASY NO ISSUES.  BARELY SLOWED IF AT ALL AT HEARTBREAK.  OR ANY OF THOSE HILLS.  I had to pee (even though I peed again , three times in 75 min at a porta potty along the walk to my corral TOO!).  I had to pee for 12 miles.  I looked every porta potty taken at each place but I knew from last year there were a lot after mile 12 so I was able to stop there (8:49 mile ;D).  Then had ptsd from a wall at mile 16 last year but I didn't get one.  My legs felt great entire time.  Just around mile 18 to 23 I had to rub my butt muscles and lower back and a little at my groin/pubic area (where I had surgery) but as soon as I did that a few times I was good.  I  had oatmeal with walnuts and almonds and brownsugar, two small waffles, cheesy omelet and a hard boiled egg and orange juice around 745 am.  I had half a min choc chip cliff bar on bus.  Then no more to drink before race bc I was already peeing too much.  I took water and gatorade every other mile without fail.  I took a ucan right before starting (mango) and a plain at mile 5 and mango at mile 10 and grabbed a maurten off the course for mile 15 and 20 and instead of 25 took one at 24...which I think caused my blood sugar to spike and make me light headed and my legs to stop working.  I felt really strong through the hills and really thought 19 was flat or down.   Only heartbreak seemed like a hill but it was so short and then i was heading down.  I took two ibuprofen at mile one and every hour (so total of 8).  

Splits:  gel one ucan never caf

8:42

8:33

8:24

8:13

8:28 gel two ucan never caf

8:13

8:11

8:26

8:23

8:18 gel 3 marten no caf gel 

8:21

8:17

8:49 (potty)

8:13

8:24 gel four marten no caf

8:10

8:43 first hill being conservative, ptsd

8:34 feeling strong second hill feels like nothing

8:02 flat??? felt it

8:22 still feels like no nill,  gel five marten 

8:53 purposely slow cause dont want my hr to spike still got five plus to go

8:11

8:16

8:10 gel six too early i thin ???

8:24 felt stron last few miles

then sudden crash

8:57 :((((   looking for husband and cousin and I just give up

0.38 8:24 legs and lower back and light headed.... 

1:50:40 first half  1:51:05 second half

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