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Today was what I consider my last significant training run for Steamtown – I have some recovery runs on Friday and maybe Sat, but today was the big “7 miles with 2 at marathon pace” workout. The point is to do a ‘dress rehearsal’ for the marathon, so I put on my new shorts, etc. Good thing I was making an effort to get everything together, because I realized I haven’t seen my watch since Saturday. I also learned
– gu falls out of these stupid back pockets if you don’t really jam it in
– the built-in underwear in shorts doesn’t ride up!

I headed to the track, and there was what must have been a Phys Ed class out there, so I felt a big conspicuous looping their track 28 times. It was 74 when I finished, so obviously I hope it wasn’t too closely mirroring Sunday! I felt overall pretty good, when I did the final 8 laps at what was supposed to be race pace (8 mm), I started out way too quickly, realized it about 200m in, and then tried to regulate my speed. By about 3 laps, I had the pace down perfectly (it was supposed to be 1:59/lap to make up for the fact it’s a bit less than a quarter mile)

My 20 laps for a warm-up I finished in 44:xx. Then b ecause I had to wear my crappy watch, I managed to mess up the time on the last lap, but I know I took off on the last 50m and finished fast.

repeat (400m)	cumulative time	(lap)
1	2:01	2:01
2	3:59	1:57
3	5:54	1:55
4	7:52	1:58
5	9:51	1:59
6	11:50	1:59
7	13:49	1:59
8	< 15:48	< 1:59