On the road to BOSTON!

Easy run to the Dixie Center and back. 7:58 pace

Stayed off the feet this morning. Had 2 injections on the right foot yesterday afternoon as well as a deep tissue massage on the legs. Did go biking (21 miles) to keep the legs fresh. Biked over to Mike Warren's office and chatted then he got on his bike and we road back out to Bloomington. Got to talk about the marathon and how to succeed on the race.

Met up with Bill, Mike and Art for a very easy wake the legs up run. Started at the Rec Center and ran up to Sunset and then back on the course to the finish line. Very windy on the way out. Splits: 9:59/ 9:16/ 8:27/ 7:09/ 6:41 8:23 average. It felt real good to go out so slow just talking away. On the way back after turning down from Diagonal I decided to hammer a few blocks. Dropped to 5:10 pace for 3 blocks and it felt sooooo good! After that slowed back down to 7:45 pace for awhile then I thought I heard Bill coming up on me the las few blocks so I dropped it down again to 5:20 pace to the finish line. I look back and it was just the wind that I heard.

Based on this morning and my last few runs I don't think that I could be any more prepared....now hoping that Saturday morning the planets are all in alignment and my body says that that is the day!

Got up this morning and drove up to the start line of the marathon. I got there around 5:45. It was cold! probably around 38-40. Downtown St. George was 49. There was a breeze from the north. I had planned on running a few miles up there but after .40 I decided I could run at home and not be as cold. Glad I went up...will be looking for some arm warmers for the race.

Drove home on the course and visualized the race. I am so excited for the race...the body is feeling good and I feel confident that 3:30 is obtainable!

Good luck to all that are racing!

1.50 miles @ 8:16 pace

Missed Boston by 2 1/2 minutes!

PR of 3:38:31

Basically I was killing the Boston time untill I had an issue with cramping that started a bit at mile 15 but was able to run through it without any issues until mile 20. I had to start mixing in the walk to get through it. Mile 22 was a total walk and I gave up.... 1/3rd through mile 23 I was able to start jogging. The final 3.20 miles I was back at it running 7's. Finished strong but the couple miles of cramping took all the time I had banked.

After 19 miles I was on pace for a 3:25 and looking forward to the last part of the course. I lost 13 minutes in the next 4 miles. That was too much to make up......

SPLITS:

8:02/ 7:56/ 7:33/ 7:24/ 7:25/ 7:18/ 7:04/ 8:15/ 8:06/ 7:56/ 8:14/ 8:17/ 7:40/ 7:59/ 7:20/ 7:13/ 7:58/ 8:19/ 8:28/ 9:57/ 9:04/ 15:43/ 9:47/ 7:54/ 7:50/ 8:01/ 6:54(1:39)