Believe to Achieve

7 easy outside 9:53, 8:53, 8:39, 8:23, 8:30, 8:19, 8:27.    8:44 avg pace (effort 8:32).   922am  felt warm.  really tired several hours later.   took magnesium sat and sun before work because of leg cramps friday during run and after and all night friday night.  flu shot wednesday.   think thats the fatigue.  felt way better after magnesium but after two doses of 400 mg last night i felt drugged.   felt good on run.  but thinking sg may be really hard.  think my goal will be 3:20.   FIRST half 1:45, second half 1:35.    

2.5 miles warm up vasa gym. fav tm.  started 6.3 mph x 1/2 mile  6.5 1/2 mile.  6.7 for 1/2 mile   6.9 half a mile with pick ups x 4 to 9.2 mph for 0.1 miles.   9:37 first mile.  potty.  then 8:18 avg for 1.5 miles.  water.  start sw.  

7 x 800 meters after 2 min jog 6.7 mph

6:39 x 2  / 8:57 jog for 2 minutes

6:35 x 2/ 8:49 jog for 2 minutes

6:31 x 2/ 8:41 jog for two minutes

6:27 (pick up for last 30 seconds to 5:56 pace).   *8 miles total but this part was 5.5 miles in 40:15 seconds.   7:19 avg.

felt very controlled.  no over doing it.  so this converts to a 3:16.5 marathon 

but i dont trust my body this next 11 days.  so gonna start 1:42-143 first half.  hope for 1:37 or better second half.   been a while saint george.  i have no idea what ptsd or oppostite greaat feelings I may have on race day.   But B plan 3:25-335. 

Easy  pace outside to town and back then to hospital and north to new area by Kim's and home.  8:52 avg 

2.08 with amber to vasa by univ mall uphill! .  9:03 avg.  weight class.  I did very modified.  Then jog back home.  Hot !  88 degrees high.  1010 am.  Long way.  8:58 avg 

Busy three baby two discharges work shift. 

Arrived 610 am. Weather cool but not freezing. High today wouod be 86 degrees !! . Got number. Met Jeff pace buddy.  We learned his one stride to my four since he is 6 feet 5.   Talked about pace and injuries and goals whole pacing. Had one female runner catch to us by mile 3 and stay with us until last mile when we had to slow and she sped up.  My coros read 12.83 miles his read 12.96. We think mine didn't catch satellite the first bit (mile 1  7:43 and we Def were going quicker and he got 7:33. And we are together.   His watch beeped before nine every time.  Half way I got 6.41 instead on 6.55.   Wonder if person marking inadvertently thought half the course was 6.45 and not 6.55. Idk. Then I met person who marked it and she said she checked it three times !! Several ways.    So I decided it was the several tunnels and overhead power lines ? Here are my splits for 12.83 (Jeff gonna send me splits for 12.96) -7:43,7:34,7:31,7:37,7:33,7:30,7:38,7:30,7:35,7:39,7:39,7:36 and 8:14 last 0.83 miles.  1:37:54. Purposefully slowing last uphill to  finish.   7:32,7:32,7:31,7:28, 7:31,7:28,7:36,7:30,7:31,7:33,7:32,7:28 and 8:03 last 0.96.