Did my first marathon pace run in 2 weeks and had the same result as in my last 2 weeks in NJ - felt really good at a fast pace first 1.5 miles, and then died. I did 4 miles in 31:33 (7:54 pace). The overall pace is the correct pace for me, but it's deceiving, since I started at 7:30 pace and felt great, and then when I hit a slight incline with cobblestone/sand on one corner of the park, it totally broke my rhythm and I couldn't recover after that. I must have slowed down to 8:15-8:20 pace and saw my average creep up to 7:54. I have to start slower on these fast portions, but I feel so good I think I can maintain this pace for the entire 4 miles. Apparently I can't. Total time for the run was 1:16:01. It's also very warm today, 28C and a littel humid, believe it or not! Supposed to be 21C tomorrow. It gets very hot on the tube here, because there is no a/c, I can only imagine how bad it was in July when London had a heat wave! | 