A solid, comfortable 8km this evening. I ran the last kilometre at my "wishful thinking" half mara target pace of 5:30 ... it's one of those dangerous things to do because while it was reasonably comfortable, it left me in no doubt that I will require an awful lot of race day adrenaline to do that 21 times on the trot.
Still, I've given myself a good chance. Despite a couple of hiccups my training has gone quite well and I've given myself a great chance of going sub-2. We'll see what happens on the day. Six days to go!
Extra motivation comes in the form of #1 son, who is also running on the day - his first half marathon. Given his training times to date he should do well, but being his first race (of any kind!) he's simply aiming to finish.
September 2011 - The Fear Begins.
