It was a glorious morning for a nice hard run. There was a full moon, no wind, and it was 50 degrees. I headed out to the island for another attempted mp run. I've not been happy with my last few mp runs and was hoping today would be different... and it was.
After a mile warm up around 7:30, I picked it up and searched for the comfortable marathon pace (6:40). I hit a little fast on the first mile, but then settled into a pretty good rythm. On mile 5 I started to feel like my legs were tying up a bit and I was working to hard and was worried that another mp run was about to fall about. When I hit the split and looked at my watch I had run a 6:26 for that mile. No wonder I felt like I wa working too hard, I was. I backed off the pace a bit and got back into my groove. I was able to finish strong on the last mile at 6:30, finishing 9 marathon paced miles with an AP of 6:37. I cooled down for a mile at just over 7 min pace and called it a day.
Total run 11 miles, 1:14:31, AP 6:47
I did work harder than I should have been working at mp, but considering I ran a hard 24 miler on Friday, I was very happy with my run today. I did decide on my Boston strategy while running this morning. I have decided to run a 6:52 pace through the Newton Hills and then if I'm feeling it, pick up the pace for the last 5 miles. If not, just try and hold on to that 6:52 pace for a 3 hour marathon. | 