Marathon Pace

The day was overcast, working in my favor to get out and run before the sun set. The schedule said 9 miles total, with 1-mile warmup, 7 miles at marathon pace, and a 1-mile cooldown. In total I went 7.7 miles, with 6 of that being marathon pace. I'm still getting used to this higher mileage program. Thursday calls for a 10-mile run, with a 16-mile long run on the weekend. Wow. Not sure how I feel about running for over an hour and a half during the week. Today's run actually went very well, although the hills were killer. I cut it short just because I didn't want to wear myself out, knowing what's coming the rest of the week. The wife's triathlon is this Saturday, so looks like my long run will be on Sunday again. That's not a big deal, and I think she'll do better this year than last. Go wife!