Marathon training

The Whidbey Island Marathon is April 11th. It feels as though it is just around the corner. Traning is coming along. I ran 10.5 miles yesterday and I will run 12 next weekend. I am definitely more sore than when I trained for the half marathon because I am increasing a lot more per week and 11 miles was the most that the half training called for. It's amazing to think that after just 6 weeks, I could techinically go out and run a half marathon right now. I've been traning with our friend, Mike Ammendola, and he's definitely keeping me on my toes. He's fast and I'm trying to stay up! Yesterday, we ran our 10.5 miles at a 8:25 pace. We've been trying to stay at or around the 8:40 pace range. It would be amazing to run the marathong in 4 hours (a 9:00 pace)...but I don't expect that to happen so I am aiming for a 4:30 marathon time (a 10:00 pace). I can do 10 miles at a 8:25 pace, but I just don't think I can do 26 miles at a 8:25 pace! Anyway, marathon training is going great. I am loving it so far and I can't wait to take my stab at my first marathon in April! :-)