Running Breakthrough
August 7, 2007 by karen
As you all know by now, for the last month we have been training for the NYC Marathon (November 4th!). Alex’s goal is to finish, my goal is to finish in four hours. Seeing as we train together at the same pace, his goal is really to finish in four hours as well. Sorry Alex, that’s just how it works.
Our July long runs have been hot! Hot and sort of slow considering the four hour goal. No matter what, I just couldn’t seem to break a 9:30 mile pace this last month, which really wouldn’t cut it come marathon day. That is, until this weekend! We had some better weather conditions on Sunday (around 80 degrees, instead of the normal 93), I popped some magic beans, and ran a 9:07 pace for our eight-mile run. I was thrilled, and actually could probably have ran a bit faster. Those god damn jelly beans may really be magic after all. With three months to go still, I am starting to feel a bit more confident about this race.
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