Update--still here, still running!

Wow, suddenly two weeks have gone by and I'm only just updating. Not much time for running in addition to actual life, so here comes a series of backposts. Runkeeper and my iPod have made daily reports pretty straightforward, and I'm taking a slightly different approach to recording my prep for the 'Gansett Marathon. I started training way later (with just 12 weeks left to go, instead of and 18 week plan), and I'm just doing weekly mileage totals plus a weekly long run, both slow building with taper. Not sure how the results will be -- my goal this time is 7:15 pace, which would be a 3:10 time.

Not unrealistic, I hope. I can do a pretty good pace for 20, but it's the last 6 miles that make all the difference. So, my *target* average pace for the first 20 should be 7:10s, then if I fade I can fade. Using this handy fade-compensating pace calculator, I learn that I can fade by 30 secs a mile if I do 20 x 7:08. Can I do ~that~? Well, it's now my goal.

Learn 7:08 pace -- that's the target for the next few weeks.