My estimate of the distance for today's long run using USATF was a little off, but I thought that was probably okay. By the time I got to the fifteenth mile I figured I would end up over my goal by about a mile or a little more, but what could I do? I guess the thought in my mind was distracting because about that time I made a wrong turn. I'd mapped a route that would give me a flat approach back to the neighborhood, for the most part, which was lacking my last few Saturday runs. I was in a neighborhood that I'm not real familiar with, and when I got to a point where I was supposed to make a left turn it didn't look correct - probably because it was uphill and I was expecting a continued descent to a park - and I took a right instead. By the time I realized I was not going where I wanted I was already committed. The route dumped back onto Eldorado, which ended up being okay. I think I came up a half-mile, or maybe even a little more, shorter than if I'd taken my originally planned route. I still ended up at 21 miles.
The run/walk method is working so far. The temperature today was warmer than during my morning runs this past week, but I'm okay with that because those days I was able to do speed work. Today the temperature was in the low 70s, but there was constant cloud cover and a nice breeze out of the southeast that helped with the humidity. I still sweat a ton, but no calf cramps and I finished the run without feeling absolutely horrible. My overall pace was right at 10:30/mile, which will put me around 4 1/2 hours for a race. I guess that will depend on the weather on race day. Now it's time to taper.
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