229.5 when woke up and 225.5 after morning run (bit of a surprise there – I don’t think I have hit under (even after a run) since I started this adventure back in September)
Run today was 12.1 miles outside completed in 1:55 – not as fast as the WPS Half Marathon but still pretty good considering there was no one to compete with and it was just me and my own thoughts to keep me occupied. Only had 2 short breaks for water (at about 11.2 and 11.8 miles) totaling around a minute for breaks.
Breakfast before the run was a coffee and 2 pieces of rye toast with peanut butter. Things felt pretty good but I could tell that I was running out of energy on the run – definitely points to making sure I bring fuel with me on the Manitoba Marathon in 2 weeks and that I will need to enforce breaks and fuel stops to keep a solid pace.
Between what I saw today on the 12 miles and last week on the 20 miles I would say that under 4:30 should be my goal – it would be great to be closer to 4:15 (and my personal best) and some of the training runs says that should be possible but I suspect that 4:30 is more realistic.
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