Each run 2.51 miles long. This is a strange way to taper, but it's what happened this week. Run/walks ranged from 30/20 down to 20/20, and pace 10:33 up to 10:57. Today's 20/20 pace seemed quite sustainable. If it were sustained for a marathon, I could finish in 4:49. Somehow that doesn't compute. I thought I had to do at least 30/20 to finish below 5 hours, which requires a pace of 11:27. Maybe these short runs aren't predictive, because my head knows it's short and I subconsciously run faster than I really will in the marathon. Anyway, I'll try 20/20 and see how it goes in Mankato.
Thursday I received a brand new pair of Brooks Launch running shoes, my tenth pair of this Brooks model. So I ran in them, to check them out, and they'll be fine in the marathon.
Whining: Today and yesterday I felt a pain in the lower left abdomen, reminiscent of the pain that I felt on the right side when I had the sports hernia. The pain lasted only two or three minutes though, at the start of the run, and I did have a big lunch a couple of hours beforehand on both days, so maybe it's nothing to worry about. I'll go with that.
Have a good run tomorrow!
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