ran with the marathon group on their long run on the first half of the course this morning. Felt really easy compared to my normal long, as this was much shorter and a little slower, but still got some good work in. Tough course overall, lots of hills that I remembered are pretty tough. It was nice to talk with a few people as I ran, one woman happened to have won the marathon two years ago. We had a group of four or five that just kind of stuck together, with me and her out front leading. I was glad to have the others there as I had no clue where I was going and there was nobody in front of us. It was a beautiful morning with some sun, although the forecast was for thunderstorms. It ended up raining, but not until everyone was gone. Half marathoners were supposed to do 10 today. That is way to low for me, so when we got back to the start at 13 the marathoners slowed down like they were done. I kept going and then they kind of questioned if they should go 15 like the run was going to be. I was just like, this is my last long run, I'm going the extra- and they all went too. No major problems, hams are still kind of sore/tight, but everything else was good.
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