Real early morning down at Slug Club headquarters, Mike and I went for 18. It's a little strange going this distance now, my long runs are ahead of schedule compared to my overall mileage and in terms of when the marathon is. In past training I never would have gone 18 without being over 40/week with some regularity, but Mike is thinking about getting a marathon in before Seattle R'n'R (6/27), so he wants to make sure he gets the long runs. Maybe the strategy will work, I can fill in the weekly miles now and start adding more workouts. I certainly feel comfortable with 18, probably could have added two easily today, and it's good to be there with 11 weeks until the race. Plenty of time for another 18 and at least two at 20 or more. Anyway, with that distance in mind we wanted to focus on a conservative pace (7:30s). It was a little windy on Beach Drive before heading up and into the trees at mile 4.5, but other than that a good morning. 45 degrees, rain held off. We were a little faster than planned, but far more consistent than usual, with no real fast outlier miles: 7:45, 7:40, 7:23, 7:15, 7:07, 7:25, 7:08, 7:14, 7:40, 7:05, 7:17, 7:13, 7:14, 7:08, 7:14, 7:09, 7:09, 7:17. 2:11 overall. I was pretty encouraged by that. My legs were tired, but nothing broke down or was real sore (new shoes definitely helped). Also, I really feel fit and didn't wear down much (other than being really hungry by the end). Next week a few of us are driving up to Wenatchee for a half marathon, it'll be the highest elevation race I've done outside Utah. It's supposed to be a really nice course, and we're going to support one of the Slugs doing the marathon. Not trying to pr or anything, but to get a good feel for racing and see where my fitness is at. supernova glide -- 21
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