u/OrcaAlpha

Cobb salad, dressing is blue cheese. Bonus for Marco estimates. Meat was roast beef I think but not 100%

I started with the goal of sub 4 for my first. Then I started to think I could maybe shoot for a 3:50-3:45 even maybe 3:40. I’ve included some recent long runs to see what you guys think but the reason why I’m second guessing is I’m not sure if I want to start out the gate at my 8:30 pace or to start slow and then pick it up in the second half, which is usually where I slow down on my runs.

Also my mpw is pretty low to what I’ve seen on this sub, I’ve peaked around 38 mpw but I’m usually doing 25-30. I do about 55-80 miles of cycling per week and 4 days of strength training which I will admit cuts into my marathon training.

Am I thinking about this too much and what should I be doing this late in the game to prepare?