I got 6 hours of sleep last night still not enough, but better than what I felt I was getting this week. I have the day off so I got up about 4:50am ate a granola bar and let that digest a bit. Then I drove up to the start of the Pocatello Marathon course to get more training on the actual course.
I ran 21.3 miles at an overall 6:26 pace in 2:17 starting at 6am. My sister-in-law also went with me, and she ran 12 miles of the course (I can't convince her to join the blog). I feel confident that I can do well in this Marathon if God allows me too on this course. I really felt good the whole way. My plan was to run at a 7 minute mile pace to get more time on my legs, but I got in a groove and went faster. The second half I really need to push hard in the race (it would be nice to have a pacer to run the second half with), if I can run the first half correctly and not go out too fast. The first half is all downhill basically until mile 14. Then the 14 to 21 you have 4 hills that can kill you if you've ran the first half too fast. Last few mile splits on the rolling hills starting at mile 15 (6:31, 6:36, 6:43, 6:19, 6:12, 6:18, 6:16). (Saucony Tangent 3 - 143 miles).
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