Last Long Run Before the Marathon!

Oh that sounds awesome! I hope your half will go well. I kind of wish I was running a half again, lol. Well, actually I can hardly wait to race a 10K now, or a 5K. Probably a month after the marathon though. Today I did a 5K with my mom, but ended up running alone mostly until I met up with the girl from my group I was thinking of running with. So that was cool. I did a good 10:30 pace the first 2 miles, and then once I met up with that girl we were going pretty good. In the final sprint I saw my watch hit a pace it has never shown me before... 7:20. Isn't that just nuts? But overall I just had fun at the 5K since I wasn't racing it. Even that final sprint wasn't a huge effort or anything. I still had enough energy after to go volunteer with seals. I'll definitely post all about the marathon!

Hey that is pretty good though! And you don't have to worry about speed on long runs, those are just for increasing distance. The fastest mile I ever did in a 5K was an 8:38 on the last 5K I did. I want to either train for a 5K or a 10K after I've recovered from the marathon. No more long distances for awhile.

That's a sweet run! I haven't ever seen 7:20! Probably won't either! I think I did a mile in between 7-8 one day when I was on a run and got called in to work and had to get there in a hurry though! My second 5K I made the first mile in 9:10 that was good for me too! I have shaved some time off though. When I do my easy, long runs I am down to about 12:30 I used to be up around 14:30 or so! I guess that's at least improvement especially for someone nearing a half a century old!!

I will definitely try to get as much sleep as possible. Especially during the week. That night I might be too nervous. And I've been really good on healthy eating. For the half marathon I wasn't so good at that part of training.

Good. You can do this!

I think MyLot at least made me a bit more accountable. Plus the running group. And telling my family and coworkers too. I can't believe tomorrow is the big day! Going to sleep soon and then gotta wake up early!

I don't know about fantastic, but I was impressed that I even finished!

Thanks for the luck! I got an email the other day that said "You know you're a runner when you use the words "easy" and "10-miler" in the same sentence." LOL But I can still remember a time when I thought running 6 miles was an incredible long distance.

I think I'm going to end up not eating before. I know this sounds crazy, but I was thinking about something. I never eat before training runs. I always feel sick if I eat early in the morning. And I eat so much on long training runs that it makes up for not eating before. So I think I'll stick with that. On the half marathon I ate a small breakfast, but it made me feel sick at the beginning. I will definitely try my hardest to pace myself. That is definitely the key thing I think. Thanks!!