First, really glad it didn't rain. The weather was fantastic ( Read more... )

Ran the last 20 miles of the PDX course with the Portland Marathon Clinic free group run today. I went to the bathroom before the start (in Niketown), so I missed the explanation of the pace groups and the start of the groups I wanted to run with, so I jumped ahead of the ones currently starting to get to 3:30, for an easy 20. It was almost halfway ( Read more... )

ran 21.5 miles yesterday, 2:44:33.
I also tripped over some uneven brick sidewalk and fell down a little past 13 miles. No major damage.

Math says that my average pace was 7:39. I think I was just on the edge of the comfort zone. 5 more weeks of training, 2 weeks of taper left. Really excited. Very confident in running sub 3:20.

Instead of getting a split at the 1-mile point, I hit the wrong button and paused my watch for the second mile ( Read more... )