Run

• 37m 24s
• 4.00 miles
• 09m 21s /Mi

Supposed to do 3.5 easy today, but I hooked up with another jogger along the way and went a little further.
Hard to keep the pace down... I guess I must be getting excited. 1st lap was a little quick: 9:08... 2nd was WAY too quick: 8:46. Then I ran into my friend and she slowed me down. Beautiful. 9:47 and 9:40 for the last two. Felt good the entire time. Warm and sunny and windy.

Run

• 1h 29m 15s
• 10.08 miles
• 08m 51s /Mi

Race pace run today... running between 8:35 and 8:45, then with a walk break at every 10. Felt comfortable for the most part. Legs got a little tired around mile 7, but I gooed and they felt really good for the last couple.
Ready or not, here I come.
Spits:
1) 8:35 - 159bpm (Oops. Out too hard!)
2) 8:57 - 140 (perfect)
3) 9:03 - 140
4) 9:06 - 146
5) 9:05 - 148
6) 8:35 - 151 (no walk break in this split)
7) 9:02 - 149
8) 9:03 - 148
9) 8:54 - 153
10) 8:35 - 156 (Pushed a little bit down the stretch)

So that's it, basically. A few more relatively easy wos, then mary next Sunday.

Did I mention "yikes"?

Bike

• 30m
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Easy ride around town with Jacks in the carrier. Man, he's fun to ride with!

Run

• 54m 10s
• 6.00 miles
• 09m 01s /Mi

Steady 6 run today.
Pretty much ran this one exactly like I hope to run marathon day, except without the 60 second walk breaks.
1) 9:31 - 151bpm
2) 9:07 - 133
3) 9:02 - 129
4) 9:09 - 133
5) 8:31 - 138 (oops! a little fast!)
6) 8:49 - 140

Marathon day, I'm thinking go out easy for the first 4 or 5... like 9,9:15s or so... then step it up to 8:45 pace for the next 15. Then try to just hold on for dear life!

Run

• 52m 04s
• 6.00 miles
• 08m 40s /Mi

Fartlek workout today. Heavy crosswind again, with the brunt of it hammering me on the way back.
Calves were tight to start, but my groin felt suprisingly good today .
Splits:
1) 8:58 - 141bpm (warmup)
2) 8:22 - 143bpm
3) 8:40 - 142
4) 8:34 - 151
5) 8:45 - 153
6) 8:44 - 153

Pretty tough run again today. Legs were still tired from Monday night's run, but not too bad.

Run

• 2h 21m 31s
• 14.50 miles
• 09m 45s /Mi

Well, that was kind of a brutal run. Didn't start until 10:30 pm so I'm kind of hoping my completely dead legs were a result of the lateness of the run, not the feebleness of my gambs. But boy, they're tired tonight. I think this run was actually quite a bit tougher than last week's 20. That doesn't make too much sense, does it? Then again, neither does my blessed training plan. I may be the only marathoner in history who's actually going to *add* mileage during his taper.
Anyways... splits:
1) 9:48 143bpm
2) 10:19 134bpm
3) 10:20 140
4) 10:18 129
5) 7:02 (?) 132
6) 9:30 134
7) 9:35 136bpm
8) 9:17 140
9) 10:07 131
10) 10:23 134
11) 10:08 140
12) 10:05 138
13) 9:57 140
14) 9:48 135
14.5) 4:48 140