Taper Time!

Well, 12 more days until my first official marathon in New Orleans and I'm in the tapering phase of my training! Becca was in Savannah, GA for a work thing and so I ran my 16 miles on Saturday by myself! There was actually a wind advisory with wind gusts up to 40 mph. I contemplated waiting until Sunday to run it but decided to go with the Nike slogan and "Just Do It".

The first few miles were actually quite nice due to the tailwind I received! I did a different course than normal to keep things interesting. There were a lot of moments where it felt as if I was doing speedwork, hill work, and running a race all at the same time due to the wind! My average pace for 16 miles was 8:45min/mile! However, I don't think I could keep that pace for another 10.2 miles. This run was very challenging and I think it will prep me well for NOLA.