Just one week till the Cleveland Marathon.  I feel I can finish it.  Not sure I will be near my orginal goal time but I still think I can finish it.  I probably will start off going for it but will cut back if I have too.  Right now I will be fine if I finish.  I am going to use run/walk plan to survive it.  The plan is sort of a 9/1 ratio.  I plan to run to the mile markers,  walk for a minute then run to next mile marker.  But to make sure I hydrate properly, I will walk 30 seconds at the water stops if there in between mile markers, then another 30 seconds at the mile marker.  I have done enough runs like this it shouldnt be a problem for me.
I did run 14 miles this morning and it well really well.  Rick ran the whole way with me, Bob and Suzy came out and did 6.5 so it was a really fun run.  This week just plan to do a few easy runs nothing hard or longer then 5 miles.   Maybe shorter.   Im looking forward to going to the expo next Friday.
Cleveland here I come..............
 
3 comments:
Good luck on your marathon. I use the run/walk/run method also, but I am not able to run a full mile before my walk break. :)
Gina
Good luck Bruce! I'll be rooting for you from the Pittsburgh area!
Good luck! It sounds like you have a reasonable strategy going for you. And don't forget to have fun!
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