Objective: confidence building, last run of taper. 1 mi easy, 1 mi MP by feel, .5 mi hard, ~3/4 mi cool down. Paces: 10:53 // 1 @ 8:59, 1/2 @ 8:18 // 3/4 @ 10:53
5:55 AM: 38F, wind 5-10 mph, mostly clear Lookie there. I guess I'll crest 200 miles for the month of April, which I doubted would happen with my taper. :)
It's funny how my warm up mile and cool down mile were run at the exact same pace. That is a fast warm up mile for me, and Sunday will have to be even faster. The workout I did on Tuesday started out the same as today's (1 mi easy, 2nd @ MP effort) but look how much faster today's pace was: 10:53 and 8:59 compared to 11:45 and 9:27. I credit the improvement partly to tapering and partly to the shoes. These Nike Lunars are the lightest and fastest shoe I have. (Too bad I can't run in these for 26.2!) You can watch Kara Goucher doing a 20 mile workout in what looks like Lunars here. I ran with my iPod today too (rare for me), just to give my brain that extra boost. So that's it for me for a couple of days. I don't know how soon I'll have internet access after my marathon, but I'll let you all know how it went as soon as I can. You blog-friends have been a very important part of my life and my training. Thank you for caring about me, putting up with my long-winded entries, and giving me the benefits of your advice and friendship. Cheers. Edited to add: I just had to add this video, which I just found. This is what our blog community is like, with Sasha's code being the earphones we all wear. Stick with the video, it takes a couple of minutes to get interesting!
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