Lately, my training runs have been going extremely well. All of them for the last several weeks have been pretty comfortable, hitting the pace without much/any difficulty. Sure, it's a bit easier to do so given the pre-set tempos on the treadmill, rather than dealing with the elements, but even the treadmill can be a challenge if there's some issue on any given day. I've certainly had my fill of those over the years.
I'm hitting my training well enough that I'm confident that I could break 3:10 again if the weather is cool enough. Looking at the semi-long-range forecast, though, the forecast is for a low of 66F with sunrise being 1 hour before the race starts. It's also calling for thunderstorms. Hopefully it will merely be an intermittent light rain so that I can get the cooling effect of the rain and not have to worry about getting water at the stations to douse myself with. With a slight breeze, it just might be good enough conditions to not need to pull back. We'll see -- it's a razor's edge we'll be running between that storm and the temps climbing quickly (the forecast high being 85F).
Regardless of the race-time decision on my pace, this latest part of the cycle (now that I'm in my taper) has been going well and I'm totally confident in the times I have in me. Now to just get to the start line already...
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