They all can't be "easy" runs.

7.5 miles hood route to legacy trail and back. 31:38 out (8:26 pace). 30:10 back (8:03 pace). 1:01:14 all (8:14 pace). 83 deg., 65% hum., 70 d.p., and those numbers seem low. I guess the beauty of training in Florida is I am pretty much guaranteed better weather conditions on race day, if I race out of state. Delaware, on race day, is predicted to be about 2/3 of those numbers on race day.

13 days to race day, and man, I don't know what an appropriate goal marathon finish should be. If you look at my intervals, you'd think I should go for a 3:20 finish. If you look at my handy pace by the pound guide, 3:26 is a good goal. But over the last 3 months, I haven't seen the tempo times drop any. I'm still doing just under 8 minute miles on a good day, and just over 8:30s on a bad day. So should I look for a 3:36 finish time? I've finished marathons better than that on far worse training cycles. And my long runs have been even worse. If you look only at my long runs, you would be impressed if I finished with anything under 4:00. I'm hoping something will reveal itself to me before race day, and then I will now what to do.

Who am I kidding? I run by feel anyway! I have consistently abandoned every race plan at the sound of the gun. 

5.5 miles. hood route. 77 deg., 84% hum., 72 d.p. 45:34. 8:17 pace. Dead otters smell really bad after a few days. 

Oh yeah, I had Nitzer Ebb songs on the mental playlist this morning. That's some obscure stuff. 

3 trails / 1.5 hood route / 3 trails. 94 degrees. 

7.75 miles Hood Route to legacy trail over the SWOM Bridge and back. Last 3.75 in 33:14 (8:52 pace). I ran roughly the same pace on the way out, but I botched the start thing. It was all really easy miles, and never pushing it. 84 deg., 68% hum., 72 d.p.

10.2 miles. Hood route to legacy trail to colonia and back. 1:27:42. 8:36 pace. Not pushing. First mile was 9, and the rest picked up pace. Hot, but I don't have exact numbers.

Then (non-running stuff) immediately to pop's house for tree trimming, lawn mowing, edging, etc.  I'm beat.  After, we had sandwiches my mom made. Then a really meaningful conversation about faith with mom. It was a good day with my octogenarian parents. I am fortunate to have my parents around, at my age. It is fantastic that they live just down the street. But, even with that advantage, I find that most of our conversations are about the mundane - fix the screen door, next week's doctors appointments, look at the water heater, trim the trees, see what's going on with that one irrigation head, next month's graduation plans for Tommy, stuff like that. But when Mom realizes that her days here may be few, and is desperately compelled to tell me what Jesus has done in her life, to make sure that I know, I have to step back and be grateful for what I have. She's awesome.