Here's the neat thing about Baystate: they have pace Runner's for certain time goals and mine is on such group. Here's the mental concern with that: can I keep pace? Obviously that's my goal so the answer should be yes, but there's that large unknown.
My 20 miler went well, but I'm still running 40 seconds slower than the race and I also do stop and stretch so I'm really more like a minute off goal. I know that the plans say to keep a slower pace and the speed work is where I make up the time and, when you put it together, voila!, success! But it seems so hard to comprehend. So while I plan to start with the pace group there's a part of me that's worries that right off the gate I'm going to find myself failing and knowing I have 22, 20 or even just 10 miles to go. I think I'm mentally strong enough to say "F that" and just do what I need to do, but that could be a long time of "uuuuugh really."
The flip side though is maybe it'll be okay. Maybe he pace group will be just what I need and I'll find myself doing what I've been trying to do. My speed work has always been at or below the paces, but as I tell my husband, I ran track, I know how to sprint and do speed work. So I'm not 100% sure how much of an accurate gauge that may be. Then again, I did a half aeration today at the pace of 8:38 and per how I felt and my heart rate watch, it wasn't too much work.
I guess, as I've posted before, this is the unknown with someone this long and, for me, new. When it comes to race day it just may be a crap shoot after all and so the question is how do I approach it and, I think, I just attack.
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