Saturday morning it was beautiful, despite predictions of rain. I showed up at 7 am at lock 29 and ran with a group of runners I have not run before. One was Dan Horvath. He ran Boston at 3:17 and hopes to run Cleveland a couple of minutes faster.
The run was a bit fast. We did 14 miles. Here are my mile splits: 9:23, 8:51, 8:37, 8:12, 8:05, 7:44, 7:55, 7:46, 7:29, 7:35, 7:38, 7:59, 7:46, 7:52. It is interesting how the pace kept increasing, settling close to what my pace should be for the marathon next week.
Talking about the Cleveland Marathon, this is my 11th marathon. My secret goal is to improve last year’s time and PR of 3:22:47. But any time faster than 3:30 will be fine.
Here are all my Marathon Times:
Year Location Time
1 2004 Towpath 3:55
2 2005 Towpath 3:45
3 2006 Towpath 3:36
4 2007 Towpath 3:42 (walked)
5 2008 Cleveland 3:26
6 2008 Akron 3:29
7 2008 Towpath 3:37
8 2009 Cleveland 3:22 PR
9 2009 Akron 3:38 (training)
10 2009 Athens-Greece 3:28
11 2010 Cleveland
Other news: I have been running to the Brecksville Rec Center twice a week, Tuesday and Thursday. I take the Buckeye trail. I did this last year too, but this time I am running back too! It is 7.3 miles each way. So I run to get there, take the 45 min exercise class and then run back. It is actually a bit easier going back. I leave home around 4:30 pm and come back at 8:00 pm. 3 ½ hours of exercise. I hope these trail miles will get me ready for Mohican 50 miler in June.
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