Nice morning in Duluth. Fog and mid 50s, exactly what is expected for the race tomorrow. Everything feels fine mechanically. I'm still battling head congestion but we'll see if it has any negative affect. It doesn't when running 6:45 miles. :-)
Still undecided what pace I'm going to go after. 2:19 is on the very edge of realistic at best. My numbers at other distances just don't pencil out to a 2:19. That's not to say it isn't possible, but A LOT of things would have to go right. So I won't hesitate to back off gtom 5:18s to 5:20-5:21s early if it feels like OTQ pace is just too fast. The problem is that if you go out too slow you don't have time to make it back up. If you go out too fast, you risk blowing up in the end.
We shall see. | 