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My legs are sore!  I can't believe how hard the run was today.  I feel like such a wimp.  The mile took a long time and I felt like I had to work really hard for every step.  My right ITB was/is tight.  

New shoes felt good.  I think they will work well.  I usually get the gel Cumulas, but they were out of my size, so I got the step up model.  The cushion is supposed to be nicer/better......

Splits (8:15, 7:44, 8:03, 7:58, 7:37, 7:42, 1:17 (last .15))

Time 48:38  - AP 7:53

Keep smiling!

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Got out the door late, so had to cut the run short. 

For some reason my legs were still really tired. 

Splits: 8:21, 7:05, 6:54, 7:33, 7:24, 7:56

Got out early to run today so I could get my run in and see kids off to school.. 8 mile loop down to Costco and back to the house. Time was ok. I need to be a little faster. I'm about a minute off my desired marathon time for 8 miles. But on a positive note I took it easy on the east side when I could have pushed the pace easier (tail wind and slight downhill).

I think I am coming down with something, my legs are super tired and I am soooooo sleepy I can hardly see straight.  Hopefully I can shake this soon.

Splits: 8:09, 7:18, 7:35, 7:33, 7:38, 7:44, 7:24, 7:50

Time: 1:01:46

AP: 7:39

Have a wonderful day!

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Well, I have been avoiding this.  I am really disappointed in myself.  Disappointed in my preperation, disappointed in my performance, and really disappointed in my lack of focus.

I have been feeling like I'm coming down with something, but that is a POOR excuse for these times.  I'm really disappointed that I allowed myself to quit.  There were several walk breaks in the last few miles, my quads were just burning from mile 5 or so.  Here are some notes that go with the miles.

Pace	Thoughts
6:33	Feeling ok.  Pretty Comfortable
6:57	Miles 2 - 4 I kept thinking, am I going to fast?  I feel ok.  Mile 2 my shoe came untied.
6:57
6:57
7:05	Here is where I started feeling my legs get tired.
7:11	Fighting off tired legs, keep thinking it will go away.
8:01	Took gel, water, walked through aid station. Hoping I could reset and go.
7:44	No luck on the reset.
8:06
8:34	Wheels really feeling like they have fallen off.
8:53	Wheels gone.  See Kelly.  Mentally checked out.
8:46	Kelly tries to reassure that I am still doing a good job.
8:18	Run a little faster.  Legs are trash!!!
?:??	Kicked in the last .1  past some guy. (sorry dude)

 I don't know what happened with my watch, it seemed like it was off on the miles the whole way.  So I don't know what that last little bit was.  The time on my watch is the same as the official time, so I know I started it and it ran the whole time, just wrong miles.  ??? Oh well.

On a positive note, Kelly came down to see me come into the finish.  It felt very good that my sweetheart would bother to come see me.  That is positive, but I felt horrible that I didn't have a better showing.

Lessons I think I have learned.  

1.) MUST get more rest the night before.  I think I got 3 hrs sleep.

2.) MUST MUST cross train and build strength in the quads.

3.) MUST MUST MUST get myself more mentally tough.  I can't allow myself to quit.