Marathon Week 11, Day 6

I have had a cold coming on since about Tuesday, and it is well upon me now. I ditched Wednesday's double-5Ks out of concern for what that kind of output could do to my currently taxed immune system, but I felt confident enough to run 10 miles today on a course Jeff put together at "marthon +30" pace (8:07 per mile).

At that pace, I should have completed the ten miles in 1:21:10. My actual time was 1:18:02, which is a pace of 7:48 per mile (marathon +11). This relieves me quite a bit, as I felt I could hold this pace for some time. So given that the marathon is still two months away, I am looking good... as long as I can shake this cold, which has gotten into quite a drippy stage. My biggest hope in the short term is that I not develop any infection that would need antibiotics.

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