Meridian

Mid day run to Meridian and back. it has been quite a long time I haven't run during the day; this is because rarely I run without Paolo and he doesn't run with the heat.

Nice run, I enjoyed it, it went fast and easy. Total of 9.12 mi in 1:20 h at 8:52 pace, 70.8F, 57.8% H.

Leigh

Back to the running after three days of resting. The leg pain, typical after the marathon went away and I needed to move again and try to refresh the legs for a run. It had up doing a 7.5 mi to Leigh and back. Also for Paolo, the dog, it was a relive, I assume, after two weeks of no running. Total of 7.44 mi in 1:04 h at 8:38 pace.

San Francisco Marathon

San Francisco Marathon in about 4:07 h for a 26.48 mi at my watch (4:08:23 official). At the SFM the mileage is always little longer by the GSP. The weather was very good, cold for the all run with 56F, 84% H. I woke up at 3AM to get there for the wave 3 that started a 5:43AM; we had a good run to the Fisherman Wharf, Marina, and Golden Gate Bridge. I felt OK and I was actually ahead of the 3:40 pace. They caught me at the end of bridge on the way back at mile 10. Still good pace but the hills did tire me quite a bit. I arrived at the half in 1:53 h and similarly to the other SFM I started to slow down. Apart from mile 6 where there is the GGB Bridge uphill, I still was at ~8:20 pace until mile 12, then we stated to get into the Golden Gate Park and I dropped the pace to ~9:20. I started to feel tired. At mile 23 the disaster. A big cramp on the right leg completely stopped me, I had to walk maybe .2 mile, then again at 24, 25 and 26. Luckily I was able to restart after the walk but the time got impacted a bit. Still I enjoyed the time and had a good feeling of accomplishment.

Los Gatos

Long run this morning. I started at around 7:30AM and went to the usual route to Meridian and back to Los Gatos. The pace is little slow and I had to do some walking as it became warm, still a good 8:51 pace and under the 3 hours. Total of 20.09 mi, in 2:57h.