Mileage

With the mileage I am putting down, I realized that a new pair of running shoes was desperately needed as I want to save my Asics Nimbus for race days. To keep me inspired, I went for a pair of black Adizero Boston. Considering that the qualifying time for the 2020 Boston Marathon is around 3 hours and 10 minutes (i.e. a 4:30 min/km pace) in my age group, it feels just as unrealistic as running my first marathon felt when I was starting out 15 months ago. And I guess, that is what one has goals for? On the other hand, just running 10k in a 4:55 min/km pace this morning felt like a bit of a stretch so it is perhaps good to maintain some measure of realism...