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back at it. I haven't run double-digits since last spring's failure marathon, so I was surprised how easy and natural it felt. I even ran the last 2 mi at pace. I was a little sore but could have kept going. Finally, I feel like I am good at this. Distance is what I do!

Thanks for your kind comments about rest days. I actually had one rest day- Thursday- before, since I doubled-up on workouts Wednesdays. I reshuffled to drop the 5th run of the week- I've run two marathons with 4 days a week of training, so no worries- and now I have Monday and Friday off. It'll pull 5-8 miles a week off the schedule, hopefully ending the burnout.