At times I feel a bit like Custard on the eve of his last stand at Little Bighorn. Well, maybe not exactly because Custard didn’t know what was going to hit him.  Unlike Custard,  I have the national weather service and see the weather conditions for my last stand at Little Big Boston at not going to have the same heat that Custard felt.

It is difficult training for a marathon so I have no choice to go ahead and run it. I did my LAST speed workout this morning, a 6 mile tempo run with 4 miles at speed with splits at 7:26, 7:24, 7:44 (hill) and 7:26. Those are right on target per my Runner’s World Smart Coach training plan of 4 miles at 7:26 pace. I was amazed how much easier this speed workout was last week where I had to average 15 seconds per mile faster. Those 15 seconds per mile are real tough to get when you are up against your top capacity. Or it might be the tapering down with little running this week (although I have still been biking).

Running wise, I feel I am ready for the marathon. When I got up this morning it was 42 degrees. I joked with Ann that maybe I should do the tempo run right then and have her turn the garden hose on me, and plug in the big fan, so I could get a taste of what I will get to experience on Monday. But I decided to wait a bit for it to warm up and do the run under sunny skies. It is beautiful in California right now — so why I am traveling back East?

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