Marathon Pace Workout

Did a marathon pace workout today, 16 miles total with 10 miles at goal MP on the track. This is the same workout (10M @ MP) I did on 3 April, four weeks prior to Hamburg Marathon, where I ran my marathon personal best of 2:34. After comparing the two workouts, I was very surprised to see that I ran today's MP run 50 seconds faster, 57:52 vs. 58:42. That's 5-seconds per mile faster (5:47 vs. 5:52 pace), or 3-seconds per km faster (3:36 vs. 3:39). The effort felt steady and controlled. Average HR for the 10 miles was 167 bpm or 86% of maxHR. Below is the mile splits (1600m to be exact). I continued on for 100 meters after completing 40 laps to make it an actual 10-miler.

# / Split Time (1600m)
1 - 5:48
2 - 5:47
3 - 5:48
4 - 5:46
5 - 5:44
6 - 5:47
7 - 5:44
8 - 5:42
9 - 5:43
10 - 5:42
- 0:21

10 Miles: 57:52

Berlin Marathon is 7 weeks away. I'm really excited and looking forward to it. So, what's the goal? Well, all I can tell you is that I'm looking at taking a big chunk out of my current personal best. I'm going for it!