This week is really after the miles of trials and mostly an easy week with a few hard days thrown in. This was week 16 of 18 in preparation for the Columbus Marathon on October 20.
Monday: 7 Miles. It was 55 and a little rainy. Ran in the park and the subdivision next to it. 7.23 miles in 1:03:40 (8:48 min/mile pace).
Tuesday: Ran Wednesday’s workout because I wanted the week to be more balanced. 8 with 3 x 1 mile @ 5k pace. Kept these in the park where it’s mostly flat. It was a foggy morning, which was not really easy to run in because of glasses, but I got it done. The interval goals were 6:55 to 7:13 min, the interval times were 7:13, 7:12, 7:13. Overall, 8 miles in 1:07:15 (8:24 min/mile pace).
Wednesday: rest day!
Thursday: 5 miles + 6 strides. Kept this one in the park since it’s kinda short. 6.02 miles in 52:39 (8:45 min/mile pace).
Friday: 12 mile – last chance long run. Ran this in the park and the subdivision next to it. It was a little warmer today, but not too warm. Hydrated with Gatorade Endurance, no fueling. I did get a late start, but got it done and kept it easy. 12.01 in 1:46:32 (8:52 min/mile pace).
Overall, 33.25 miles. My paces are speeding up, partly because of the weather. Next week is a weird week with runs on T, W, F, S, and the big one on Sunday.
On Saturday, I volunteered with the Queen Bee Marathon, which was mostly uneventful (that’s a great thing!). I only took two pictures, which are below.
Local media at the starting line – the woman on the right is a meteorologist and probably ran in the half. 
This is the wet-bulb thermometer used to determine if the race should go to yellow or red flag conditions. Fortunately, conditions didn’t approach that!