Peak Week: done
A total of 37 miles for the week, which is about as big as it gets for me. Culminating in the 20 miler, which is always a bit of a landmark as it's the last long run before taper time. As I've basically followed the same training plan for all 6 of my previous marathons, and have blogged about it fairly diligently, it occurred to me that I've probably got a writeup for each of the previous 6. And so it proved:
2005:
http://marathondan.blogspot.co.uk/2005/0...ed-20.html
2009:
http://www.runningcommentary.net/forum/showthread.php?tid=68&pid=16403#pid16403
2010:
http://runningcommentary.net/forum/showthread.php?tid=1837&pid=19498#pid19498
2011:
http://runningcommentary.net/forum/showthread.php?tid=1959&pid=20653#pid20653
2012:
http://runningcommentary.net/forum/showthread.php?tid=2145&pid=22699#pid22699
2015:
http://runningcommentary.net/forum/showthread.php?tid=2390&pid=26940#pid26940
Some went smoothly, some were a learning experience of things not to do on the day, but overall the feeling seems to have been job done, and a sense of anticipation as race day approaches touching distance.
This morning's was a corker. From the off I paced carefully at 10 minute miling, and it was a truly comfortable run, really the most comfortable (non step back) long run I can remember. As I entered the last of 4 laps, I had to check my watch several times to make sure I hadn't miscounted and was actually 5 miles behind where I thought, so good was I feeling. In the last couple of miles I was still having to hold back the pace, and for the first time ever in a training run, I really think I could have done 26.2 today.
10 m/m will be a little too slow on race day - I will have to start a touch faster to offset the inevitable decline in pace - and I will of course have the costume, so the effort level will be a little higher. But the race day pixies will also be there to help me.
TAAAAPPPPPEEERRRR TIIIIIMMMME!!!!!
