August 14, 2011 Sunday 6 days to go
Long run - 90 minutes - I did 94 minutes
Started out feeling great. Tried eating a Lara Bar 45 minutes before running. By 30 minutes I felt dead. Ate a Mars Bar and had some water and started to pick up again. Had another Mars Bar 15 minutes later, then at 1 hour I felt dead again. Ate another Mars Bar with water and when I got to 4 K to go decided to try for a no peeking 4K in race time. Part way along a car stopped to ask me for directions to Super Store so I got off track. Tried again at 2 K but when I peeked I was going way slower than I thought I was eg 7:30 instead of 6:55. I struggled with that and then my last kilometer I was determined to do at race pace, but I had to keep peeking to keep myself on pace. I felt like there was nothing left in me.
This is all a little disconcerting as it is only 6 days till the marathon. I feel like I am getting worse instead of better. The other thing is that I feel so tired.
Now I get to wash up all my gear for the marathon and get it packed in my carry on. One more run before I leave.
Weight: 142 lb
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