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One Week to Marathon

In the final week of taper prior to the Marathon.  Will finish the last long run with an easy run today of 8-10 miles.  Was going back and forth on whether to use my first Vaporfly (Orange with 56 miles on it) or use my 2nd Vaporfly (Blue).  I decided yesterday to break-in the Blue VF.  The 1st mile was bad.  Arches ached a bit, and had a funny sliding sensation in the right foot (like I could feel the carbon plate during the toe-off).  By mile 2, this went away and the shoe felt like the Orange VF.  I did notice the sliding sensation when I was walking after the run.  I am still leaning towards the Orange VF, especially since the marathon has some gravel sections.  The Blue VF will be backup.

I am a bit concerned about the long taper and if the "recovery" will support the hard pace.  I ran a 800m calibration attempt at the track at just under race pace (7:45 miles) and average was close to 156.  Will run another calibration today for 2 miles as the initial attempt put me a .48 miles vs. .5.  I think I was running too close to the edge of the track.  Additionally, some tracks are off by up to 1%. 

Projected weather is rainy for a part of the day, around 45-55 degrees.  Will see if the rain can finish before the start of the race or start after the race is done.


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