2019 IMM Training Week 24

I'd have to say that week 24 was a very good week compared to the entire year, I've done 3 marathon training cycles before this one and I am pretty sure I've never do two 20 milers during any of those cycles, let alone a 21 mile long run 3 weeks before this one. This week I totalled 50.2 miles with a 20 miler to finish it. 
Monday I ran 3.3 miles after hitting the gym for back day with some legs thrown in there.

Tuesday I ran 7.3 miles 

Wednesday I took as a rest day, both from the gym and running.

Thursday morning I ran 5.5 miles. It ended up kind of being a progression run with the final half ran at a 7:41 min/mile pace.

Later Thursday I headed to Audubon after lunch, probably not the smartest since I did have a margarita (or two) during lunch. I sobered up after the first mile.

Friday I ran 3.6 miles after I went to the gym for Shoulders.

Saturday I took the dogs to the trails at Angel Mounds boat ramp area, we ran 7 miles.

Sunday I woke up excited and ready to get out on the road, I thought I had a route picked but ended up changing it and going further out and actually running through 3 "cities" - Chandler - Newburgh - Boonville and back into Chandler to finish. It was extremely foggy out and I had to be very careful when it came to traffic. I ran 20 miles that morning, totalling my weekly mileage to 50.2 miles.

2019 IMM Training Week 22 & 23

After Week twenty-one's 47 miles capped off with a 21 mile run, I knew I needed to cut back the following week. 
I ran a total of 5 times, 4 days with one of those days running twice. And then I took Dorian for a hike, totalling the mileage to 25.7 miles.

 Week 23 I bumped the mileage back up a little, but I had the 2019 Evansville Half Marathon that Saturday so I knew the mileage wasn't going to be terribly high. In total, I ran 39 miles for that week.
Monday:

I also ran 5.2 miles and walked .4 miles (technically .8 but I didn't log the first .4) to explore a new addition of the pathway at the Newburgh Rivertown trail.

Somewhere around Wednesday I started dealing with gas pains and just a strange pain in my intestines, like air moving through and screwing things up.

Thursday:

Honestly I'm a little frustrated, I don't have all the screenshots and I've been slacking on the blog damn it.

Friday I ran 5 miles

Saturday was the Evansville Half marathon, I was a little worried because even though the gas pains were slowly disappearing, the thought of getting hit with that pain during the race made me nervous so I decided I was going to shoot for a positive split.

I got up early enough to get in an easy 3.2 mile run with Jetta, trying to warm up my muscles. Then when I got to Evansville and found a parking lot to park in, I ran another .7 miles to the start.

Oddly enough, the race went really good and I felt good overall, no bathroom breaks and not too much pain. My watch started out .1 ahead of the mile markers but by mile 5 or 6 it slowly started to drop behind until finally being .1 mile behind (which is normal for it).

My finish time for 13.1 miles was 2:08:33 with an average pace of 9:49 min/mile.