Easy 8 is not good for craps, but good for runnning.

I still think the workout I have planned for the marathon is VERY aggressive on the hills, so I may slow a few of those miles down to 6:50, or maybe even 7 min pace from 6:40.  It won't affect the overall goal of the workout, which is to bring me to the brink of BONK, then recover enough to run strong miles at the finish.   Running 6:50min miles up exposition and Enfield will still almost be "red-lining" it, and will still max out my heartrate, so I should still have a spectacular "system failure" somewhere!

I'm really not worried about the outcome at all, and am not losing sleep over it either.  It's actually fun to look at what i should adjust and I'm looking forward to a ridiculous plan.  I was telling Ken, Kamran, Kristen and K(d)amon on our 8 mile run (that also included Karma for part of it) this morning that the thing that makes me most apprehensive is the comments I'm going to get from other runners.  (the K's are for you Mark)

I know I always comment on "Yahoos", and "Idiots" going out too fast, so I can only begin to imagine how many people are going to think I've gone crazy picking up the pace after a while, and then running HARD HARD on the hills, only to slow down by over a minute after them.  All these people I pass on the hills are going to catch up to me over the next 6 miles and just laugh at me.  I don't like to be laughed at.  In fact, I AM the laugher, not the laughee.

LEGS

My legs are slowly starting to feel better.  This is a good thing.  Pretty amazing what a few adjustments can do for you over a few days.  

Monday I went and got a little leg massage/flush.   I've also soaked in Barton Springs which probably helped too.  I've also made sure I've stretched my calves real well throughout the day on my calf stretcher that has been neglected for a few weeks.  

In addition, on the nutrition front, with the help of my dietician extraordinaire, I have adjusted my breakfast strategy.  I won't go into details on exactly what I eat, but I can tell you that based on my metabolism and high mileage, i've moved from what I used to do, to something else that includes 780 calories,  35g of Protein, 115g carbs, and 450g of pottassium.   This change to my breakfast, in addition to some other afternoon snack and dinner changes have made a difference in as little as 3 days!   (Don't base yours off mine, unless you're a slender runner that runs high miles, has my metabolism, age, height, weight, and follows my entire nutrition plan.  Contact her to figure out your ideal nutrition strategy. ) 

While I'm on the subject of nutrition, I need to give a shout out to my dear friend (and dietician), Meredith.  She's a total badass.  How much of a badass is she?  Well, she went out and raced a 50 miler this last saturday and finished first overall female with a super time of 8hours 2 minutes. WOW!  She's so modest that she didn't really even clearly toot her horn that she won the race!  On top of that badassery, 7 days later, she'll be an official pacer at the Austin Marathon!  Double WOW!