Yeah, good points. I don't exceed 2:30 on my runs thus far - even with having to go slower. I keep my long runs to about 9:40-10:00 min/miles and my longest so far has been 16 miles. I will do one 20 mile in 3 weeks and a couple of 18s as well, but will likely be doing run/walk on those to avoid injury. At this point I've given up on a good marathon because 2016 has been so horrible - all due to these stupid cuboid bones. I agree with
FFigawi that I need to probably pull back but I actually have done that a lot already - to the point that my conditioning sucks. Really hoping these orthotics will allow me to return to my previous form where I was running at 8:20 half-marathon pace and was on track for even faster in training.
I can't wait for 2016 to be OVER!!!! 2017 won't start off great because the marathon will be slow again since my conditioning is shot right now, but as long as I don't get hurt then 2017 will finish great and I'll be ready for Dopey 2018 no matter what!
I really should listen to the advice, especially from FFigawi, but I am currently not feeling that great about myself. Since I can't change my loser status I can at least change my fat status, so that's my focus for these next few months. I know I'll still get hurt as a result, but to be honest I need to try. Its really frustrating because you all have such great progress while I seem to suck at everything I try.