Around the Bay - 30K race

This was another training run for my Marathon race in Mississauga.
I wasn't sure how I will run this race. I wanted to run relatively slow first half and accelerate in second half. All of my pre-race scenarios had first half (15 km) in 1:20:00 to 1:22:30 (at slow long run pace 5:20 to 5:30 min/km) and second half in 1:15:00 to 1:18:00 (most at marathon pace 4:59 min/km). Last minute pre-race talk with Andy, friend from runningmania.com who is also preparing for marathon in May, made me think that maybe I should run everything faster. I felt very strong at the beginning of the race so I run first half in 1:16:50 at 5:07 min/km. I run second half in 1:16:42 at 5:03 min/km; very uneven pace ( first 5 km: 4:51, 4:53, 4:56, 4:55,4:56).
I wasn't initially happy about this result, but after short reflection I don't think that this result indicates any problems in my training for marathon. I haven't done any special taper for this race ( I have skipped two cycling sessions, but done more swimming) and although I run the first half much faster, my second half wasn't that far from my plans considering that it was done on rolling hills.


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