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On Sunday, I ran 17 miles as part of my marathon training plan.\u00a0 Only an 18 mile training run and a 20 mile training run left to go (and a step back week or two – when did 14 miles stop feeling so tough?).<\/p>\n

I have to admit, 20 miles scares me, and while I know I’ll get through it, that last 10k on race day is going to be rough.<\/p>\n

This run, however, went fairly well.\u00a0 Betsy<\/a> and Charlie joined me for the first 3+ miles, which is always fun and Charlie managed to not eat any squirrels, which is also good.<\/p>\n

I still haven’t managed to find the end of the trail I run.\u00a0 I pass a map and read it every time, but there’s one point where I have to turn onto a road and then pick up the trail again and I can never figure it out.\u00a0 It doesn’t matter, I’m just running an out and back, but I just find it funny that I get lost on a straight trail.<\/p>\n

At one point, I passed at least ten deer grazing by the side of the trail.\u00a0 This deer got very close to the trail and didn’t seem to care that I was there.<\/p>\n

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The first 9 miles of this run were pretty easy, surprisingly, and I felt like I was flying through them, though I was at an appropriate pace (maybe even a bit too slow).\u00a0 The last mile was rough and the last half mile was exceptionally rough, but I kept to my intervals, so I guess it couldn’t have been that bad.<\/p>\n

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That’s right.\u00a0 4 hours and 1 minute to run 17 miles.\u00a0 This is the time when I’m jealous of 4 hour marathoners.\u00a0 Clearly, I will be out there for another 2-3 hours on marathon morning.<\/p>\n

My goal on marathon day is just to finish.\u00a0 My secondary goal is to finish strong.\u00a0 If I were to set a dream finishing time, it would be to run under 6:30.\u00a0 Based on my training, it’s feasible, but I’m trying to not think about it. I don’t know what my body’s going to do in those last miles.\u00a0 But it’s nice to know that my training is going well enough to get me there at this point.<\/p>\n

Someone asked me recently how I fuel for these runs.\u00a0 On Sunday, I ate a Clif Bar and drank about 8 ounces of Gatorade (not G2) an hour or so before I headed out.\u00a0 I carried Gu with me and ate a packet about every 45 minutes, though I skipped the last one (Gu at 0:45, 1:30, 2:15, 3:00, but I didn’t feel like I needed one at 3:45 since I was so close to finishing).\u00a0 That means I’ll carry 7 or 8 on race day.\u00a0 Which seems like a lot.\u00a0 But it works for me.<\/p>\n

A friend once commented that she didn’t understand why people carried so many gels on races and that people didn’t need that much fuel.\u00a0 I gel every 45 minutes as per the instructions on the package.\u00a0 I have tried to stretch it to an hour and it just doesn’t go well for me.\u00a0\u00a0 So I know what my body needs.\u00a0 I’m not sure I’ll be able to stomach 7 or 8 gels, but we’ll see.\u00a0 There should<\/em> also be bananas on the race course, which is also an option.\u00a0 I’m just going to go with how I feel.<\/p>\n

I can’t believe the race is coming up so soon.\u00a0 I’m still not sure it’s sunk in that I’m going to be running a marathon.\u00a0 That’s just crazy talk, after all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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