Easy 10.
This was a very touristy 10 miles. The route included Fenway, commonwealth ave, public garden, Boston common, and of course the Charles river. Avg pace was 730 and I was between 710 and 655 the last 5 without any discomfort.
When I run I am usually in two different places,720-730 pace or pushing it around 645 pace. So today,I decided to try to stay in a MGP range(700-710) for the last 5 miles.
The result of today's run and this week of training is that my goal of running a BQ in October is simply too broad and very attainable especially since I am going to be training consistently and getting much faster while running with GBTC. I would simply be selling myself short if I trained this much and as hard as we plan to in the fall and not go for it in October.
So, my new goal is to run under 3hrs in October.
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Dustin, glad to hear your training is going so well. Just remember to respect the distance. Marathons love overconfident people. So as long as you go in to whatever time goal you have mentally and physically ready for that time goal you'll be fine. Just don't try to bite off too big a chunk and end up without even a taste of the main goal itself.
ReplyDeleteBut I agree, the way it sounds like you've been running, just a BQ seems a little on the slow side. Then again, stepping stones are the best, when you can then take off at mile 22 and run strong to the finish instead of hanging on for dear life.