The first time I ran from Zurich to Rapperswil (33km) my knee was starting to play up a little in the last 10km. It wasn't exactly intense pain but rather twinges. This time, 2 weeks later, there were no problems and I felt I could have gone on and on. I managed to achieve an efficient technique that meant my feet were hardly lifting off the ground, and sometimes I didn't know whether I was fast walking or running. The weather was not great but there was no way a bit of rain was going to stop me.
The link to my run on the Garmin site is here http://connect.garmin.com/activity/73825146.
Yesterday I had my plan to follow, and the aim was to keep the heart rate less than 131bpm. It was harder to keep it in the target zone that I had imagined. A lot of people say that your heart monitor is your best friend, because almost anyone without one tends to run too fast even on their slow-run day. Last time for sure I was training slightly above the target zone.
My total time was 3 hours 22 minutes 55 seconds, so on race day I hope to be able to do a similar time but covering 9km more. Is this realistic? I am not sure yet, but what I can predict is a sub 4 hour time. I still have 3 weeks of training left and one more 20+ mile run. Most likely I will run from Zurich to Rapperswil again, as this way I can assess how I am feeling compared to last time.
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