It's officially taper time. Time to let the body recover and get ready for the race, now exactly two weeks from now. All I can think about right now is my Fillet and cheesecake at Ruth's Chris that I'll be eating.
I had what was supposed to be a nice easy 12 miler on Saturday with the TNT group. We did a nice 12 mile flat section of the course and I surprisingly felt really good. With my goal race pace at 9:09 I was looking to run in the mid to high 9's for this run. I was more concerned with keeping the heart rate nice and low. I felt really strong and knew I was out faster than my goal. After the final water stop that I blew through because I was feeling strong, I looked down at my watch and I had just finished an 8:30 mile. I really didn't feel like I was pushing that hard at all, and I finished my last 3 miles all in the 8:20's and 30's and I really felt like a had a couple extra gears to hit if I really wanted. It was a really fun feeling. Who knows if I'll feel anything close to that on marathon day, we'll see.
The only downside to the whole day was I got my first blister of the entire training period. Just a little one on the tip of one of my toe, not a big deal at all. This next couple weeks is either is going to fly by or is going to drag like no other.
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