Slowness. Lentement. Proceeding without haste. These are all me. I have this thing. The marathon has a time limit of six hours. I would really like to finish before that time expires (and before I do as well.) I wasn't really worried about this until my last long run which due to some gravel and some extended rest breaks, and oh yeah a plodding pace that saw me passed by fast-growing weeds I have some doubt in my mind. Originally I was thinking more like 5-5:15 with the crazy possiblity, if there were some gale force winds that literally picked me up and flew me down the course, I might be under five hours. Its not beating Oprah, but hey its still mostly running. Then there was this ridiculousness of 3:15 for 14 miles and change. I know it was somewhat of an aberration, (abomination is the correct term for the mental image of the stooping) and I shouldn't worry, but there is the baring of my inner soul of turmoil and anxiety. Time to embrace the challenge and go do some track repeats. Maybe like 10x 2 meters with forty minutes on the couch in between? Something like that? I'm in.
445 1.0 in 11:05
446 6.2 in 66:48
447 2.35 in 26:01
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