Marathon

Tomorrow will be the day of my first marathon, and I am very excited about it.

My highest goal would be to run the entire marathon within 4 hours.

(My other goal is to complete the marathon.)

So, I will try to run in the following pace:

Distance	Targeted Time
5km	28:15
10km	55:55
15km	1:23:35
20km	1:51:15
25km	2:19:05
30km	2:47:20
35km	3:16:05
40km	3:46:05
42km	3:58:05
42.195km	3:59:25

I'm pretty sure that I'll be able to follow this pace up to 15-20km, but after that, I have no idea. If I run faster than what my physical ability allows me to run in the first half, I risk myself not be able to complete the marathon. Therefore, depending on my condition, I may give up running within 4 hours, and run slower from the middle.

Completing my first marathon, is my minimum goal that I need to achieve.

(Of course, if I have no accidents. Some long-distance runners who I talked to, really emphasized the fact that I should stop running, if I feel something is wrong. If a person runs a long distance with an injury, he might risk himself to not be able to run again!)

For your information, when I ran 31.5 km when I was practicing, the time was 3:05:30, but this included two 3-minute breaks in the middle.

Well, I just have to cross my fingers, and hope everything 'll go okay!