Day 1: Figure Out Pace

I know how to set a good pace for myself for any race up to 10km, but today's training called for one mile at an easy pace (9:29 per mile), three miles at medium pace (8:09 per mile), and one final mile at the easy pace. If I want to live through the marathon -- not to mention the marathon training -- I am going to have to learn to pace myself better. I ran my "easy" miles at about an 8:15 pace and the medium ones at about 7:45 apiece. I hope to get better at this without buying a really neat watch.

My route:

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