I have accepted that this will be my slowest marathon ever. My total training mileage is pretty close to some of my monthly mileages in past years. According to my WorkOutdoors app, I’m at about 273 miles for the year with my longest training run this cycle being about 17ish miles. I also ripped my toenails out in a fluke thing while taking the kids out of the pool for swimming lessons. It hurts.
SO, now that the whining is over, time for a game plan! The course is open for 7 hours. If I can run at about a 12 minute mile for the first half of the marathon, we will assume that puts me at the half way mark at about 2 hours and 40 minutes. That gives me 4 hours and 20 minutes to finish the course, which is a 20 minute mile the rest of the way.. which I should be able to walk at that pace. I’m hoping I can plop along for that half marathon and then switch to run/walk intervals that will TBD based on how I’m feeling.