Week 10 – Session 2 – 11.3km Midweek Run

11.3km today for the midweek, sorta long run.  Acting on Hal’s advice I ran the middle miles at my anticipated marathon pace . I managed to sustain an average pace of 6:04 between 3km and 9km with a Zone 2 HR.  

I based the pace on my best 10km time of  54:25 minutes using the McMillan running calculator.  All things been equal this would equate to a 4:15 marathon time. Realistically this been my first marathon I will not be pushing myself to run a this theoretical pace and adopt a more conservative approach. If I still feel OK in the last 10km I might pick it up for a grandstand finish. But my goal remains to finish the marathon not a time.

Route: Maribyrnong River
Actual Distance – 11.31km
Time – 1:14:28
Pace - 6:29
HR/&/Zone:  129/67%/1.5
RPE: 4
Temp: 10C
Total for week:  16.1 km
Cumulative Total:  301.94 km