Today was the second race of the distance series building up to the Shamrock marathon, it was the 15 miler. Crystle, Brooke, and I did the first half at about a 8:55-9:00 pace and the second half we picked it up! I could tell Crystle and Brooke felt good at that pace because they were both talking with me.
At mile 11 I told them I was going to pick up the pace at mile 12. So I picked it up to a 8:25 pace for 2 miles then here comes Dennis behind me, he tells me to stop looking at my watch and takes my handheld water bottle and off we go! I didn't look at the pace but I was pushing it! I felt so fast and I must have gotten that runners high atleast twice during that mile! I felt so powerful and strong! We checked my watch for the last mile split...7:01 pace!!!!! For those that don't know my fastest mile is a 6:59....so I ran 14 miles and ran my last mile 2 seconds away from my fastest mile! Talk about amazing training and a great coach!! Dennis is so great, I love having him coaching me for this marathon!! :)
My final time was around 2:11:43ish
8:45 per mile pace
Fuel: tailwind 2 scoops and water