Sunday LSD with 18 miles. Pace 8:50

First 10 miles with other 6 runners in the club while my running
partner was recovering from the stomach flu. We ran first 5 miles
at the average pace, then the last 5 miles at pace around 8:00.
Ad I had to catch up the rest of the 8 miles for my scheduled
18 miles run.

The only problem was that I did not drink water, ate gel when I
ran the 1st 10 miles. So I took one after the run. It might be a little
bit late since I felt thirsty and not that energetic. The overall pace was
ok:

Split	Time	Distance	Avg Pace
Summary	2:39:09.1	18.01	8:50
1	9:19.3	1.00	9:19
2	8:37.9	1.00	8:38
3	8:43.9	1.00	8:44
4	8:48.2	1.00	8:48
5	8:33.0	1.00	8:33
6	8:18.1	1.00	8:18
7	8:04.5	1.00	8:05
8	8:08.5	1.00	8:09
9	7:58.6	1.00	7:59
10	8:10.9	1.00	8:11
11	:01.0	0.00	0
12	8:51.9	1.00	8:52
13	9:02.2	1.00	9:02
14	9:22.5	1.00	9:23
15	9:20.8	1.00	9:21
16	9:04.3	1.00	9:04
17	9:02.9	1.00	9:03
18	9:35.9	1.00	9:36
19	10:01.4	1.00	10:01
20	:03.3	0.01	7:16

One good thing is that they think I could target 3:45 for 

the first marathon, though I did not feel that confident. 

And Clariza gave me the advice to run slowly for the 

first 6 miles at pace 9, then progressively run faster,

and have a full-charge run at the last 6 miles. I have to

resist the temptation of running fast for the first a few miles.