{"id":461,"date":"2015-10-20T16:43:54","date_gmt":"2015-10-20T21:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=461"},"modified":"2015-10-20T16:43:54","modified_gmt":"2015-10-20T21:43:54","slug":"back-on-the-horse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=461","title":{"rendered":"Back on the horse"},"content":{"rendered":"

So I meant to run at my projected Philadelphia pace for a mile, then take a little off, then run another mile at pace, then a little off, then a couple more miles at race pace. That did not happen, instead this happened<\/a>! 8:35\/mi (5:22\/km) gets me to a 3:45:00 marathon. I just averaged 7:58\/mi (4:57\/km). That’s a 3:28 marathon. Granted, I only averaged it over 6.75 miles (10.8 km) but still, that’s nothing to sneeze at. I really think, with the right training plan, it really is just my head that’s holding me back at this point. I guess the mantra for training is going to be something as trite and played out as “believe to achieve”. Perhaps I need to be more “All-ular” And now I feel a song coming on:
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