The first week of my Marine Corps Marathon taper went off without a hitch. On Monday I ran four miles, did the StairMaster on Tuesday, ran five miles on Wednesday, and four miles yesterday before my weekly long run this morning. My marathon training program called for nine miles, but I decided to add an extra one and stretch it to ten for one reason--I can now say I completed an even ten double digit mileage runs preparing for this marathon. This morning's run went well--I ran at my targeted marathon race pace (~7:36 per mile) , and my legs felt really good the entire way (although they were a bit sore afterwards). Next week I will probably dial my training back to three runs--at this point being as healthy and rested as possible on October 27th is all that really matters.
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