1 week to go

Everything feels great. I'm mostly packed. Now I just have to balance the excitement with that last week of downers that comes along while trying not to be overly excited :) Now is not the time to lose focus for sure, but don't want to think about the race too much and drive myself crazy :) Work will be busy this week so that should help keep my mind off things.

Weekly Rundown:

50 miles
Monday-7.4 at 8:20 pace
Tuesday-7.9 at 7:27 pace with track
Wednesday-4.1 at 8:35 pace
Thursday-8 miles at 6:57 with tempo
Friday-7.9 miles at 7:33 pace
Saturday-3 miles 8:08 pace with 4*20 second strides
Sunday-12 miles 7:09 pace

Key Workouts:

Track: 3*800 with 2 minute rests, 4*400 with 80 second rests, 4*200, jog 200, 1600
goals were 2:53 for the 800s, 1:24 for the 400s, and 5:52 for the 1600. It was hot, windy, and I was running late. So I am happy with the night. The last 800 of the mile was rough.

02:52.1

02:51.2

02:49.8

01:24.8

01:21.1

01:23.8

01:21.9

00:40.4

00:40.4

00:41.1

00:39.7

05:57.0

Tempo: Goal 5 miles at 6:26 pace. Stomach disaster before this run so I was just happy to make it through it. It didn't feel as comfortably hard as usual, but given how sick I felt beforehand I'll take it.

31:49.1

06:21.8

Long Run: Just an easy conversational 12 miler. These runs are so fun. Hopefully at Boston once I shut my trap 20 seconds faster per mile will also feel breezy, at least for the first 16 ;)