--When I applied for the Fall Madison Marathon, I was asked what my predicted time would be. Since it was my first marathon, I took my average time in the two half marathons I ran and doubled it.
--However, I've been taking an "unexpected taper". In other words, I'm getting over a bout of bronchitis, and haven't done any long running in almost two weeks. I'm taking antibiotics, and taking it easy. The most vigorous thing I've done was a four mile walk yesterday. It didn't leave me collapsed in a massive coughing fit, so that's progress.
--Therefore, tonight, I'm going to escalate to a thirty minute treadmill run. No blazing speed- 11:30 miles at most.
--I'd like an 11:30 per mile pace to be my starting pace. It's going to be hard to exercise self control at the beginning, and not want to zip along at a ten minute pace. (Well, that's zipping along for me.) According to the elevation chart on the map, the first mile is mostly downhill.
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