Getting there

R/W with GB in the AM, 4.72miles in 70 min, so avg speed 14.8min/mile, if I am calculating correctly. Which included a hill. And we were not exactly on cruise control while doing the session- I mean We were huffing and puffing quite a bit.But it is getting better, I hope.

And I do hope that by the marathon day we can do the distance at 14.5min per mile -because that is the recommendation on the official Nike Womens Marathon site.I was reading some reviews of the marathon on www.marathonguide.com and the majority said its a good first marathon to do but some had not been able to complete because the cut-off is to cover 18.5miles in 5 hours and these people were late by 10-15 min because they were in the 12-15min pace group which started the marathon about 20 min later.
And there are hills- I looked at the tinny course map available on the site and could barely make out the words but there are hills 1-2 miles long and atleast 3-4 of those.

So GB is all activated to cover those hills in a respectable manner and so all of our workouts now will include a hill. Which is actually unavoidable living in this area.

Rest day tomorrow, 18 miles on saturday- I hope we are able to do the 18 miles and not stop at 14 or 16 or miscalculate the distance. We'll see.