4 Miles

A bit of a taper this week leading up to the Lewis and Clark Marathon this weekend. I need to stick with my plan of walking 4 or 5 miles of it so I don't trash my legs… gotta be fresh for Chicago (: Ran up at the lake this morning, Judy was running 3, and I didn't want to have to push it too much to try to sqeeze in 5, so figured 4 was good enough. Warm up mile of 9:57, felt good do decided to go for a 'record' mile... thinking I might be able to get it under 8 minutes, but managed an 8:12, felt pretty good, then ran a 9:45 (which felt like an easy jog, hehe) and a 9:43. Overall pace of 9:24, avg heart rate of 162, max heart rate of 180 during the 8:12 mile. Marathon on Sunday, looking forward to it.