Training to Macau Marathon 2012 (Race Week)

Race Week (11-26-12 to 12-02-12)

Day		Distance	Time	Speed	Route
Mon (Nov 26 12)
Tue (Nov 27 12)		11 km	1:05:02 min	5:55 min/k
	Recovery
Wed (Nov 28 12)		11 km	52:39 min	4:47 min/k
	Dress rehearsal, Notes: Dress rehearsal 11km with 3km at marathon race pace. 3km race pace at around 4:05/km-4:10/km, too fast. Need to control the pace during race or it wont sustain till last.
Thu (Nov 29 12)		8.2 km	48:23 min	5:54 min/k
	Recovery
Fri (Nov 30 12)		8.1 km	49:00 min	6:03 min/k
	Recovery, Notes: Recovery speed 8 km with 6 x 100 m strides
Sat (Dec 01 12)		6 km	34:38 min	5:46 min/k
	Recovery, Notes: Recovery run at Macau
Sun (Dec 02 12)		42.2 km	3:18:34 min	4:42 min/k
	Race, Notes: Over distance due to wrong direction. A friend recorded 43.71 km on GPS which is equivalent to 4:32/km

• 	Run Distance:	86.485 km
  	Run Time:	7:28:16 min
  	Total Time:	7:28:16 min

Race week where most of the run was recovery except dress rehearsal on Wednesday.
Dress rehearsal was done ok with 3km race pace at 4:05-4:10/km which I think is too fast.
In the race it's doubt will it able to sustain such a pace at my current fitness.

The week was mix with frustration and nervous.
After morning recovery run and I'd spent the day checking on Macau and Hong Kong stuff.
At some point I feel travel oversea for a race is quiet burden as one need to also plan the logistic and expect the unforseen.

I spent most of the time worried about:
1) How to go to hotel?
2) Where to find food (not street food but proper meal for carbo loading) after reach, and to make sure can go to bed on time?
3) Where to find groceries shop so can get bread and drinks for the race day breakfast?

1st Dec I was at Macau and did the recovery run. The weather there was cold (around 16 degrees) as compared to Malaysia (around 29 degrees) and the recovery run was done at a faster pace.
The weather on recovery day was fine that I thought I should be able to run in normal running shorts and singlet (but the weather turn the other way round on the race day).

It's nice to get a run mapped at a foreign county..