20.02 miles
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Target: 18 miles @ 8:30/mile
Actual: 20 miles @ 7:57/mile
Got my fifth Friday 20-miler in a row done, but it might not have been such a good idea. Left knee has been hurting ever since, and it looks like I'll have to take a few more days off. Did my usual route; Chris came along for about 5 miles, then I continued on the river path and turned around after 10. Knee didn't really start hurting until after mile 15, and there wasn't much I could do about it then short of walking back. Been icing it since - couldn't run with Paul on Saturday. I think this is an IT band problem so I've read up on some stretching exercises, and I'm going to be better about warming up.
On the positive side, I'm really glad to have had a stretch of 20-milers over the past five weeks. Three of the five, including this one, were at or under the Boston qualifying pace, which is a good sign, as long as the knee recovers soon. There are eight weeks left of the 16-week program, and nine weeks until Boston, so maybe it is a good time to take a break, then be more careful for the second half of the training.
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May all your problems be minimal as you prepare for the great race. I had never heard of the Boston Marathon until I lived in Boston -- and I don't think I realized then that it was such a big deal. I don't envy you the crowds and the commotion and the run, but I'd surely love to walk Freedom Trail again.
Boston is the oldest US marathon, and one of the few in which you have to prove a relatively fast previous marathon time in order to qualify, so getting a "BQ" or Boston qualifying time is a goal for many runners, whether they actually plan to run Boston or not.
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