Today's Tweets

00:40 New post on my blog: Today's Tweets: 00:11 New post on my blog: Today's Tweets: 00:10 New po.. tinyurl.com/cw54uo #

06:55 Wt: 176.8, RHR: 50, BF: 17.9% #

10:08 Mapped 04/26/2009 Route (8.02 mi.) #

10:11 New Flickr upload: 4-26-2009 Splits: Gregoriopolis posted a photo: tinyurl.com/dh36em #

10:11 Completed Taper Long Run - last one before the 5/3 marathon. One week to go!. 988 (kcal) Distance 8.02 mi. Duration 01:14:22 #

10:13 That turned out to be a great run, I was a gainst the wind the 2nd half but it felt gooood :) #

10:13 I don't expect wind during the marathon, the trees will take care of that pretty well #

10:25 Off to church. I'll tweet sporadically (naughy me). Later. #

16:57 watching Spirit of the Marathon. #

19:27 Everyone: what happened to @theanarunner? I got an email saying she unfollowed me, & twitter says she's only following 4 people. #

20:47 Watching Stargate Atlantis. #

21:24 Everybody wish me luck, the Diet Dew I'm finishing at the moment will be my last until after the marathon. #

22:23 Whoa, I'm tired. Diet Dew seemingly having no effect. We shall see. Yes, we shall see. Gnite. #

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Taper Long Run - 8 miles

Well guys, this is it: today was my last long run before the Avenue of Giants marathon.

It went really well, too, I'm quite pleased. My goal was race pace for 8 miles, which I think if it weren't for the wind, I would have done. Race pace going by the FIRST plan is 8:52/mi, my goal is at very least 9:10 in order to make a 4-hour race. Today's average pace was 9:17/mi.





Splits
Mile 1: 9:01.45
Mile 2: 8:48.52
Mile 3: 8:46.70
Mile 4: 9:10.55
Mile 5: 9:37.79
Mile 6: 9:28.31
Mile 7: 9:50.14
Mile 8: 9:36.97

8 miles, 9:17 min/mi average, 955 calories burned

And with that, there's exactly one week until the marathon. Two more short midweek runs (sprints on Tuesday, 3 miles @ marathon pace Thursday), and that's it! Tuesday night I pick up my sister at the airport. It's all coming together, a very exciting time.

Another thing. As of right now, I'm off caffeine until after the marathon. GULP! RIP Diet Dew. For the time being, anyway.


Onto race week!

Run Drugs Out of Town

Yesterday was my town's local Run Drugs Out of Town. I've done a good amount of flipflopping with it, whether I would run it with my 7-year-old son Gregory, or whether I'd run it for myself. With the Avenue of Giants marathon happening next week, I really didn't want to overexert myself and affect my performance. So I promised my son I'd run with him, and let him set the pace.

He ended up running about an 8 min/mi pace for a few tenths of a mile, then walked the rest! It was funny. He pretty much ignored my pleads for him to slow down and pace himself until he got a side stitch, at which point he just decided to walk the rest of the way.

Honestly, that was fine with me. I got to spend an hour of quality time walking with my son with the occasional run, and Jenny (4) & Joy (3) got to run the kid's race. A fun time for all!