Daily distance: 5 miles
Weekly distance: 21 miles
Training distance: 21 miles
Today's pace: 11:02
Temp and Time: 55 degrees, Noon, drizzling
Each Saturday in my training I am to run at marathon pace. I am not sure what my pace for my marathon is since I haven't ran one. But I have ran the full training distance of 20 miles on occasion and I typically end up with around 11:20. So I entered that as my pace when I registered for my marathon. Today I could not go any slower. I kept trying and I felt like I was walking. It is very hard to run marathon pace when you are only doing 5 miles. I found some words in an article today though that resonated when why this is important. Because training your mind to endure that length of a race is very important as well. And be it 3 hours or 6 hours, that is a long run.
"Three hours slow is better than two hours fast." –PETER GAVUZZI
If you are training for a marathon, Gavuzzi's words of wisdom are certainly worth consideration.
Many of us attack our long runs at a pace that's slightly too fast and end up running 15 to 18 miles, when 20 to 22 conducted at a slower pace might be smarter. Sometimes it makes more sense to slow down. Some coaches suggest your long run training pace might be nearly 1 minute per mile slower than your planned marathon race pace. (That means a 3-hour marathoner might be close to 8 minutes per mile during a long training run.) Remember, for the marathon especially, training the mind to be out there for a long period of time is almost as important as training the body. And slowing down your long run pace – but staying out on the course longer – does just that.
I did not have enough to eat prior to my run. I had only had two eggs and a sip of water. It would have been even harder to run slow had I been appropriately well nourished.
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