Race Pace Run

My training is roughly following the Intermediate 2 plan created by Hal Higdon. Higdon has been coaching and writing since 1966 and his plans are pretty solid for anyone wanting to run a marathon. One of the signature methods he uses is a race pace run followed the next day by a long run of twice the distance. For me, my goal finish time for the marathon is 3:50 making my race pace around 8:45/mile. Since last week's long run was 12 miles, the race pace run was 6 miles. The picture below is me after finishing it...none to happy with the heat, but glad it was done!