High temps cooling down a little bit and lower rain chances now.



From WCPO:

6 days to go.



3:45 Pace Band

Marathon Pace Guide at runnersworld.com

03:45:00 Pace

Mile  Split1  00:08:352  00:17:103  00:25:454  00:34:215  00:42:566  00:51:317  01:00:068  01:08:429  01:17:1710  01:25:5211  01:34:2712  01:43:0313  01:51:3814  02:00:1315  02:08:4916  02:17:2417  02:25:5918  02:34:3419  02:43:1020  02:51:4521  03:00:2022  03:08:5523  03:17:3124  03:26:0625  03:34:4126  03:43:16FINISH  03:45:00



Against the good advice of far more experienced runners, I mostly raced the KDF mini-Marathon, and finished the KDF mini-Marathon in 1:46:12. I think I could have probably run sub-8s otherwise, but actually took it easy at the beginning.

Legs are slightly sore, but still work today.



Wednesday workout

5 miles @ 2%, 3%, 4%, 1%, 0%, successively. 8′28″ average pace, 2-4% inclines at 8′49″ pace.
1% incline was hard to do any slower than 8′00″ pace
0% incline was hard to do slower than 7′30″ pace

Marathon Race day weather

Flying Pig race day forecast is on the Weather Channel’s 10-day forecast now:
May 3 Saturday
Showers possible. Highs in the low 70s and lows in the low 50s.
May 4 Sunday
Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s and lows in the low 50s.