Here I am sitting in bed the day before the Lake Placid Marathon in New York. This is part of a vacation for my wife and I. We took two days driving from Chicago and arrived last night. Weather has been cool for June and rainy almost the whole time. It only reached a high of 58 yesterday. The weather is supposed to be about the same today. But tomorrow is supposed to be partly sunny with a high of about 70. We will spend a good part of today checking out the town of Lake Placid and I think we will be taking in a movie this evening.
Just like the Chicagoland Marathon three weeks ago, I will be using this one as a supported training run. So I will be trying to go out nice and easy and relax throughout the run. I need to keep away from actually competing so I don't get carried away and trash my body too badly. I really want to enjoy the scenery and the people. It is beautiful up here. The last hour or so of driving yesterday was through the Adirondack area of upper New York. My goal is to run the marathon somewhere between 4:05 and 4:20 with even splits. I also would like to put in an extra five or so miles to get to the 50K mark for the day. But we will see how I am feeling for that. It is not a must do. Went for a short run last night and felt very good. I am pretty confident things will go well.
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