Start time: 11/18/06, 8:00am
Location: Downtown Washington DC
Distance: 8 miles
Run:Walk ratio: 6:1
Average pace: 10:00min/mile
That was it—the final group run before the Florence Marathon in 8 days. There were six of us; four of us (me, Tod, Sarah, Rob) running Florence and the other two (Stephanie, Katie) running Honolulu. Honolulu was scheduled for a 26-miler, but Stephanie and Katie had both decided to just run a 16-miler. Tod, Sarah, and I were running an 8-miler… and Rob decided that even though Florence is now a week away, that he was going to run an 18-miler.
…Well, to each their own, right?
It was a good run, though. I dropped off my car at Fletcher’s Boathouse before coming in, so we got to run all the way out with Stephanie and Katie before they turned around there (instead of just running four miles with them and then waving goodbye). Rob was a little too zippy/speedy, but after we picked up Kendall (whose two fellow runners were not doing so well) we let the two of them start zooming off ahead. Since we’re on taper-mode, I didn’t want to go too fast so this slightly reduced pace was a-ok by me.
The Walk for the Homeless was going on downtown today, so we had some slight detours here and there to avoid the huge masses of people. I did this walk back in 2001 with Julie and Pam and it was a lot of fun, so it was nice to see it still continuing. (It did make driving back to the starting point a little problematic, though. Oops!)
At this point all that’s left is a run with the Pacers folks on Tuesday, maybe a 3-miler on Thursday morning… and then I’m off!
18 miles the week before… ballsy
I Think I Should Have Tappered As Well
Hi Greg,
I came across your live journal while looking for a run/walk ration time table for my company’s running group. I remember this day, it was it was sunny and good conditions for running however my entire group was injured, bummer. I’m really going to miss running with the group this year! =(
How have you been? How’s your running schedule looking? Probably slow with all of the ice. Mine to, but it’s getting warm again, I hope it is here to stay.
We should catch up sometime soon,
Kendyll
Re: I Think I Should Have Tappered As Well
Yeah, the ice has been a bummer lately but I am determined to finally get out there again and start picking up some distance. Thank goodness the thaw is here, right?
It’s always tough to figure out what to do the first time through with a marathon and when to start tapering, but I think you did do the right thing for what it’s worth! And yeah, we totally need to catch up soon. I can’t wait to hear what you’ve been up to!