had my last 20miler this morning by the bolsa chica/huntington beach path today.
i was solo because pascale didn't have time to run that far or long and lily's foot/heel was bothering her.
so off i went all by myself this morning.
it actually went better than i had expected. i had only two miles (mile #2 and #3) where i ran over my intended max pace (which was 10:45 min/mile). just warming up, i guess.
i did a pretty good job up until the last two miles, which were tough. but i ran them much better than i felt (which was T.I.R.E.D.)
i kept thinking in my head that if i could just add on another 6 miles for the marathon, i'd be in good shape for finishing under 4:30, which is my goal. i clocked in at 3:25:55 -- which leaves me with 1:05:05 for 6 miles even. not 100% sure how those last 6 miles would've felt (tough, i'm sure) but with it being race day, i'd hope that i could muster up some race day adrenaline. i hope.
the race will start around the same time i started today, so that's a plus. let's hope it's not too much warmer.
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