This evening, I took some time and pulled together a plan for Heather based on a 10 minute mile pace based on the corral. I tried to figure out where I would be at what time. I pulled this together:
7:30 - Estimated time I would cross the start time (based on the 16th corral start time last year).
8:00 - Mile 3 (At Music Row Turn around)
8:20 - Mile 5 (Near Belmont University)
8:50 - Mile 8 (Back at Belmont University)
9:10 - Mile 10 (Turn on 12th avenue)
9:20 - Mile 11 (Near the Capital)
9:40 - Mile 13 (Entering Metro Center Area)
10:30 - Mile 18 (Leaving Metro Center Area)
10:30 - Mile 19 (Bi-Centennial Mall)
10:50 - Mile 20 (Pass by LP Field - See the others finishing up)
11:20 - Mile 23 (Entering Shelby Park)
11:40 - Mile 25 (Only a mile left)
12:00 - Mile 26.2 (Finish!!)
A company works with the marathon will text a phone number every 5K. We decided to get the text messages. Heather and the boys can be at Belmont University and the Bi-Centennial Mall (mile 19). I picked these spots because it is right after a 5K spot. So Heather will receive a text message within a few minutes before I arrive at the location.
Today I decided to run 30 minutes and work on getting my pace. Also, I wanted to take a about 4 minutes and run a quick pace. This was actually my first actual minute run. I worked at trying to keep my pace around 10:00 minute miles. I kept it pretty close.
35:22 minutes 9:39 minute mile pace, 3.66 miles 550 calories
The speed run for 8 of these 35 minutes pushed the pace down.
Felt pretty good. I decided to rely on the water at the marathon instead of carrying my own. The water is heavy and is harder to run with.
10 years ago
