The only problem with the River Trail is wind. Today it blew from the east at 10-20 miles an hour, and made my return on the out-and-back 10-mile course a frigid struggle.
I ran it in 1:58:43, with splits of 11:46, 11:45, 11:40, 11:41, 11:50 (58:42 going out); and 12:08, 12:04, 11:39, 12:15, and 11:55 (1:00:01 coming back).
A sub-five hour marathon five weeks and six days from now is not possible for me. I also can't imagine maintaining my pace of today for 26.21875 miles, so I think a sub-5:20 is out, too. I need either a hamstring transplant, or to start dating Geneva Hampton and get her to change the race date to mid-April.
I'm tired and cold and hungrier than a junior-high football team, and still sad about the Green Bay Packers.
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There is a mid-April marathon you could run on Whidbey Island. You would even have a place to stay.
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