Drift/pace test

I did 15 miles today with 10 miles at marathon pace - a tough session. My legs were feeling it a bit after a hard week - I needed to do some preventative self-massage on my lower legs yesterday to try to avoid straining something. Today I felt sluggish, but got some great results. This was the fastest paced run of this type that I've done so far, and my heart rate was below what I'd expect for a marathon (83%-85%maxHR). A sub-3:30 is looking very possible. It's going well!

Here are the results:

1.5-mile continuous laps. 5 mile warm up/cool down and last 1-mile of effort not included

Lap	Lap time	Mins/mile	bpm	%of max HR
1	12:08	8:05	133	77%
2	11:58	7:59	138	80%
3	11:49	7:53	141	82%
4	11:51	7:54	141	82%
5	11:55	7:57	142	82%
6	11:54	7:56	142	82%