Four weeks ago I had dead legs and decided to take an easy week. Since then I have had 3 break through weeks in a row. I did my carb loading thing yesterday and boy was it nice to run on fully carbed legs today. My goal for the day was to simulate Boston as closely as possible and to do the first 18 miles with AP of 7:45 and the last 5 miles at MP 6:50. I did a course with the first 15 miles of rolling in hill then two mile with 4 decent hills in them which I named the Newton Hills of Havasu, then 5 miles of more downhill than up hill. I felt so stong the whole whay, probably because of the carb loading. I 6:02 too fast on the first 18 miles with an AP of 7:25 then I kicked it into gear for a strong MP paced finish with these splits on the last 5 miles: 6:31 mostly downhill 7:02 mostly uphill 6:49 6:40 6:33 For an AP of 6:43 on the last 5 miles Total run 23 miles, AP 7:16 It was a great way to finish of my longest week ever. Now all I have left is to taper and hope I haven't over trained. | 