Running: Week 13, Day 6, Run 4

This morning I tried, somewhat foolishly to go for a relatively short run at the pace I intend to complete the Marathon. This was in order to get the idea of how it feels going at that certain pace. I don't know about anyone else, but I find trying to run at a specified pace really hard, especially when my mind is on the short distance rather than the long one.

In theory I should have been doing 10.55 kmph in order to complete the marathon in less than 4 hours. That's a kilometer every 5 minutes 41 seconds.

I managed 5 km in 27 minutes, a pace of 11.1 kmph or a kilometer every 5 minutes 24 seconds. It was really tough trying to slow down that tiny bit. Should be easier on the longer run mind.