10 March 2009

confidence !


marathons are as much mental as they are physical.

for me, it's so important to go into the race feeling good: trained, prepared, well rested, ready.

tonight's run was So Unbelievably Good.

I met up with my running group -- me + 2 guys. small group.

we started going a sub 8:00 pace... um, guys, we need to slow down a smidge.


and then -- I settled comfortably into an 8:10ish pace. unbelieveable.

5.10 miles in 41m 17s // 08m 05s/Mi

EIGHT. OH. FIVE.
splits:
mile 1: 8:17
mile 2: 8:05
mile 3: 8:16
mile 4: 8:04
mile 5: 7:54 (SEVEN. FIFTY. FOUR.)

7 comments:

  1. You are so ready. Enjoy the taper.

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  2. Fantastic, well done!

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  3. What an incredibly great run!! I hope it rubs off on my by association!!

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  4. Nice run! It's always great to get a boost of confidence with those good runs.

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  5. Awesome run - remember the exact feeling of that run on race day!

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  6. Woot, that is awesome. Can I have some of that running speed?

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