57F, raining the second half. 6:59 AP. My 18 w/5 turned into an 18 w/9. My last couple of outbound warmup miles were around 7:00 pace, and I knew at that point I was probably going to turn this into a longer tempo, because I was feeling like my old self again.
Last 9 miles - 6:31 AP (6:37, 6:36, 6:35, 6:34, 6:36, 6:29, 6:27, 6:26, 6:22)
Great run. It was quite an effort at the end though - I'm a little worried that I worked too hard for 2 weeks out, especially since my last 3 weekly mileages are 13, 6, and 68 this week, but I think it'll be ok. This does not mean I'm back in 2:55 shape though; the fact that it went from feeling very easy to very hard at the end is evidence of the low mileage base. If I want a good, even Boston Marathon, I have to make sure there is nothing under 6:40 on the watch until after Heartbreak. The good news is that I have not completely given up on the idea of a PR, crazy as it sounds....on 46 miles a week for this cycle. Milk it.
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