That's weird. It seems like I'm destined to only go 13.1 miles on my longer runs for some reason. Today I planned to run for about two and half hours, but I started heading for home a little sooner than planned. It was getting colder outside and I was just wearing shorts and a tank top, and my left leg started to feel very slightly tightness at about 1:20 in. I stopped and stretched a little. Then headed toward home. I decided to add more on closer to home if I felt good still. Anyway, I decided to go home once I got closer and as I hit my door step the mileage hit 13.1. Just as it has on numerous other occasions without me planning and on various different routes. Weird. That was a great run though. Just took it really easy and enjoyed every minute. I started listening to the Dan Brown book "The Lost Symbol" and I was kind of caught up in it the whole time. His books tend to suck me in pretty easily. I wore my nathan waste strap with 2 bottles and drank water consistently throughout and ate a gel pack every 30 minutes. Nan got me the waist strap for Christmas and I really like having it for hour long runs or more (which seems to be almost all my runs these days). I never took water on my runs in the past. But I also rarely ever ran longer than an hour. I like to have consistent water flow when I run now though. 13.1 Miles - Time: 1:55:02 - 8:46/mile - HR: 139 bpm - Elevation gain: 1200 ft.
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