Saturday, April 18, 2015

8K (5 Mile) Pace Run a week before the marathon...

I changed my pace run to Saturday from Friday because I wanted to run with Jenny and Kelly yesterday, so that is when I did my easy run. Here are my splits today (aiming for 4:56 per kilometre):

4:48
4:47
4:48
4:50
4:54
4:50
4:54
4:51

Despite the apparent consistency of these times, it wasn't an easy run. There was a 22 km/h wind from the north (which also seemed to come from the east and west). So the first and the last kilometres were relatively easy, but I seemed to be fighting the wind for the other ones.

Overall, my average was 4:50 per kilometre -- which, if I kept it up for another 34.2 kilometres, would put me in at a 3:24 marathon time. That ain't gonna happen though!

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