T-Minus 21 Days and Counting. . .

There is at least one weird benefit when you get this far along in marathon training; sometimes it's harder to go slower than it is to go faster. Last night, I did an easy 5K in about 25:30 just to keep the legs fresh for tomorrow's 20 miler in Chicago along the lakefront. Did a quick out and back from our house and was making a concerted effort to go slow. Hit the first mile in 8:45, faster than I wanted, but was feeling good and perceived effort was low. Did the second mile in about the same and then finished up with a speedy 7:45, again with a fairly low level of effort.

I'm feeling good about the 20 miles tomorrow. Temps are supposed to be good and the course is flat and fast. More thoughts coming later. . .