Today my legs felt real fresh even after the marathon Sunday, but not quite all back yet. I don't have any soreness to speak of. I ran 7.2 miles at a overall 6:47 pace and did sort of a mini marathon pace run in the in-between miles (6:13, 6:06, 6:14) felt really good. I'm glad to be home and running. I tell you that the San Jose marathon route was the worst route I've ever ran. I still can't get over all the sharp and frequent turns with not a lot of room to run, and dodging people, being told the wrong way. Enough complaining already... sometimes you need to type out your frustration.
I emailed the San Jose race director and asked if I can exchange my 3rd place Amtrak round-trip tickets for the wireless heart monitors that they were giving to the top three local runners. Because the round-trip tickets are good only on the San Joaquins Amtrak which is a route around California, and obviously I don't live there. He said that I could make the trade. I'm really excited to train hard this winter and have some fine races next year. My motivation is really high. I know I have a lot left in me. My key runs for this year is doing longer tempo mile runs.
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