6.88 miles

Ran along the beach this morning and felt good again. My knees were a little sore after the run, but nothing that couldn't be cured by walking around and a couple ibuprofen. I'm starting to realize that the first 3 miles of a run is the worst for me. My breathing never seems to settle in until after 3 and it seems like if I'm going to get any weird muscle spasms or stomach cramps they will show up between mile 2-3. Not super motivating to continue, but so far I seem to be able to run through it with success.

I ran a little under a 9 minute mile pace today. I'm still not setting any "time" goals for the marathon since it's my first one ever and I really don't know how I'll handle the Big Sur course. I really just want to finish under the time limit (6 hours). Maybe that will change as it gets closer to the race, but right now I think finishing is a pretty good goal :)