It was really great heading out with the striders again this morning. It had been around 2 months since I last ran a star but had made a special request with mother to run this morning as it would be my last long run before the marathon. I wanted it to be sharp also, just to get a feel for race pace. After running afew minutes late I was provided that sharp opportunity courtesy of a 6.20 group that included Springer, Andrew T, Sue K, O Runner, Sawdust, Luke S, Barry R and Peter C, pretty reasonable company. I spent the first 10kms or so running solo chasing down the pack and expected to struggle in the back end.
I think the chasing down situation was a blessing in disguise. Today was a 26.5 km effort that would have been easy to coast as it is a relatively flat run. I managed to run with good rythym and held reasonable form over the distance. However Luke S called for a bit of an effort with about 3kms to go and he and Andrew showed just how strong they are by gapping me in a blink of the eye.
I remember trying to lift my effort to stop the gap opening up but just had nothing comparitively. The run was completed in 1.55 icluding all stops so a really pleasing effort none the less. But my back end endurance is lacking, yesterdays 5km also showed that.
In the marathon I must set out at a pace I know I can maintain for the duration. If I attempt any heroics I know I will pay dearly, so the cape will be left at home, Clark Kent will be running sep 11 and Superman can have the day off!
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Great to see you out there Nick. It is a very hard thing to do, the balance of running with a new baby. Your form doesn't seem to have suffered too much. Hope you have a great run in 2 weeks time.
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