I wasn't very excited to do 18 miles so close to finishing a marathon, but it happened. Back to friday evenings filled with anxiety and trying to find yet another carb to eat.... Austin Marathon course, lots of hills, and a nice downhill finish. The last three weeks of hill work outs seem to be working because I felt a lot stronger on the hills today. Didn't do any MGP miles today because of 3M Half next weekend, but after that I will bring 4-6 miles at MGP back into my long runs. Still sped up a bit on the last 4 miles. Splits: 9:09, 8:43, 8:46, 8:42, 8:51, 8:44, 9:01, 8:50, 8:57, 8:46, 8:46, 8:57, 8:44, 8:24, 8:10, 8:14, 8:15, 8:53 (easy cool down add on mile into the wind!) 67 mile week in the books, and it all starts again tomorrow.....
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