Walked 7 Hours 14 Minutes. 38.1 Miles. Average pace 11:24.  My weight 172.4

Saturday – One hour five minutes 5.6 Miles.

Sunday – Two Hours two minutes Lane 1 on the 400 meter track. 44 Laps 10.9 Miles.

Monday – One hour three minutes 5.6 Miles. 4 sets of 60 Push-ups.

Tuesday – One hour two minutes 5.6 Miles.

Wednesday – Two Hours two minutes 10.4 Miles.

Thursday – Unscheduled day off.

Friday – Day Off.

What a great taper week. Fast this week.  My legs are ready. I could walk a sub five hour marathon right now. Won’t need that kind of speed in New Zealand. Took another unscheduled day off this week. Short week next week for travel. No speed next week. The goal now is rested legs. My race plan is:

Race pace. 13 minutes 25 seconds per mile pace average.  I want to average three minutes twenty seconds per lap lane one on the 400 meter track. Lap splits would be:

1 hour 18 laps
5 hours 90 laps
6 hours 108 laps
10 hours 180 laps
12 hours 216 laps
15 hours 270 laps
18 hours 324 laps
20 hours 360 laps

403 laps total   22:21:40 Finish.  Easy splits to figure in your head. A very nice cushion for any unexpected problems.

What you have to fight during a Centurion race is the temptation to walk faster than your intended pace. Early in the race you will feel good. It will be exciting. The pace will feel so slow compared to training. You will want to push the pace. My advice is, Don’t do it. Save those legs for the end of the race. Nothing I can write here can describe what hours 18 to 22 in a  Centurion race feel like. It is an overall whole body and mind tiredness like you can not imagine. Control your pace early. Save those legs for when you have to have them.

This is a good time to start making a list of every item you NEED and want to take to the race.