Today I ran 20 miles in 2:29:30. I felt pretty good about this first 20 mile run. I wanted to do it under 2:30:00 and so accomplished my goal. This averages out to a 7:28 mile pace.
Most training plans do not call for many 20 mile plus runs, but I am going to do six, capping it out with two 24 mile runs before I start my taper. You will be hardpressed to find a plan that requires you to do more than 22 miles for a long run. The plan I am following only requires one 22 mile run. But in my experiment to take Thursday off, which seems to be working marvelously, I need to increase my over miles to make up for the miles I miss on Thursday. Additionally, these long runs are usually done at a slower pace, usually 1-2 minutes slower than your race pace. But I actually want to work on increasing my speed to get closer to marathon pace. I once read an article by Ed Eyestone, now a track and field coach at BYU, which said some of the best advice he had received from a coach was to train at your race pace (for these long runs). Since this whole thing is really an experiment for me, I figured I might as well try it.
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