Wednesday, October 7, 2009

All Done Except The Celebration

Another summer of training comes to an end, but i'm not sure if this qualifies as a :-) or a :-( I'll ride my bike up to the grocery store on Saturday just to loosen up the legs, but that's only 6 miles, so today was basically it.

Today was my last run before the marathon and i did a nice easy 4 miles at a 9:01 pace with a perceived effort of Easy (2). It really was a very easy jog. The first time i ran 4 miles this year was on April 1, and that was at a 10:10 pace with a perceived effort of Moderate (3). My pace has improved considerably at the same time as the effort getting easier.

Putting two and two together, it seems fair to say that on Sunday, if i ignore the first 22 miles, then this year's marathon should be an easy race. Should be. It is safe to assume that i can ignore the first 22 miles, isn't it??

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