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adjusting for my ahem toilet break on sunday I ran the half at 8:41 min/mile which is 20 seconds off target marathon pace but while I was tired it wasn't a real struggle and I actually spent a lot of the run at 8:05 -> 8:20 slowing mostly in the middle when nature was about to start calling.
that was on top of 41-42 miles before the race including two hard workouts
on marathon day I'll be going into it off of 24 miles all easy pace so the first half of the race should be a cake walk in comparison, then I am hoping the second half will feel pretty much like sundays run did as I hit the same amount of mileage. like they say their training focuses on simulating the second half of the race, so hopefully I'm right where I need to be.
obviously fueling will play a big factor as will a big dose of htfu to push through the 17 mile mark into the unknown but if i can get past those and avoid any injuries I'm hoping I'll be in a good place.