Well, taking 2 days completely off from running and missing the all important 3 weeks away long run definitely wasn't my plan but it was probably the smartest thing I've done all year. I woke up feeling really good this morning, and my hamstring almost didn't hurt at all, it makes me think that a good 2 week taper could actually heal it, at least well enough to run a marathon. 6 mile progressive warm up, 5 X 800's with 1/4 mile jog in between each, 1/2 a mile cool down. Plan was to do my 800's in 2:45, 5:30 pace I actually went in not sure I could even hold that pace, turns out I was able to exceed my goal on all 5 sets, so pretty happy with it. The hamstring did start acting up on the 4th set but something about knowing there is only 1 more to go can get you through almost anything. Distance | Split Time
| Time
| HR
| 1 | 7:52 | 7:52 | 146 | 2 | 7:32 | 15:24 | 154 | 3 | 7:22 | 22:46 | 157 | 4 | 7:11 | 29:58 | 160 | 5 | 7:01 | 36:59 | 161 | 6 | 6:50 | 43:49 | 165 | 6.5 | 2:39.7 | 46:29 | 179 Max
| 6.75 | 2:15.08 | 48:44 | 165 | 7.25 | 2:41.75 | 51:26 | 180 Max
| 7.5 | 2:20.25 | 53:46 | 167 | 8 | 2:40.61 | 56:27 | 182 Max
| 8.25 | 2:26.04 | 58:53 | 169 | 8.75 | 2:41.77 | 1:01:35 | 180 Max
| 9 | 2:25.93 | 1:04:01 | 168 | 9.5 | 2:40.98 | 1:06:42 | 180 Max
| 10 | 4:25.65 | 1:11:07 | 162 | Total | 7:06 avg pace
| 1:11:07 | 161 |
|