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Started out well with G today 19:20 for the first 3 miles but his legs gave out and his breathing was off so we backed off.  G ran 2 hard back to back 10 mile runs and I think it caught up to him today.  I did some pick-ups while running with G so I ended up running 10.2 at 6:55 pace, had a good sprint up the only hill in the area.

Took my son Julian to his hockey game and he rocked out there, he scored 6 goals and was such a good back checker, so proud of him.  Got home and Sarah took Julian to the Junior playoff game and that gave me a window to run 3.1 on the TM because Elliot is still sleeping and Sadie is keeping herself entertained.  Ran at 8.9 average with half of the run at 4% incline. 20:52

Perfect timing Elliot is up and ready to rock.

10K - 35:31  (oops originally put 45 instead of 35, thanks Brian)

WOW, great speed run today.  On the list was 8 - one mile repeats at 5:45 with 400 easy recovery.

Decided to see what I could do running a 10k on the TM and I rocked it today.  Put the TM at 10.5 and left it there the entire way except for the last .2 I stepped it up to 10.8.  I felt awesome for most of the run, no form problems and at 5k I knew I would hang on to beat at least 36:36 which is my previous bp 10k.

2 min break then ran 1.8 at 6:40 pace.

10 MILES - 59:09

After yesterday's 35:31 10k I thought I would take it easy but I decided to run the superset which is 10 miles total but broken up into 2 parts.  I started the run at 530 pace then kept it at 542 pace until 5k which was 17:48, I really wanted to quit at this point but I decided to take it down to 10 on the tm which is 6 min pace.  I still thought I would pack it in but I started to settle in and feel comfortable.  To my surprise I started to think about a pb for 10 miles and kept it going, it was exciting to blow away my outside 10k record of 103:40.  I am starting to grind it out and hold the 6 min pace which is very positive for my shorter races and hopefully this gives me the confidence for leg turn over in the marathon.

Proud of the effort yesterday and today and hopefully I can have a strong 23 miler on Friday and officially start to taper.

Hockey night, so 4 easy, tired from the last 2 runs understandable.

Ended up losing 4-3, not going to play next year in that league.  Scored 3 goals but we needed a win to be in the final, sucked.

Oh well, less chance of an injury not playing next week, hate to have a hockey injury before Boston.

Was going to run 7 but at 3 miles I was drained, I think the 2 PB runs really sucked the life out of me, I quit at 4 miles and will load up with energy and rest tonight before the 23 mile run tomorrow.

Think I should hold off and run it a bit easier than close to MP because I am starting to get a bit tired.  It would be nice to run 23 miles and know that your close to 3 hours for a marathon if I finished an extra 3 miles so I will have to check the ego tomorrow.

Decided to take a pass on the 23 miler and wait until Sunday.  Really drained yesterday, so I ran 10 miles pretty easy today 6:51 pace and I feel more lively than yesterday.  Plus I will be able to run the first half with G on Sunday, it is Sarah's birthday today so we had lunch and I got adjusted and had a massage.  Need to rest up the next 2 nights and have a fun run on Sunday.

Today's run was all about running easy and visualizing running Boston, I was pretty zoned in and the pace felt very easy.

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