My girls turn 8 today so what better way to celebrate than run two 8 milers. I ate way too much junk yesterday during the drive home and I could feel it this morning. I was really tired while driving so drank a lot of caffeine to keep myself awake. I wanted a good run to burn off all of the junk that I ate and drank. When I started the run I was only planning on running 8 miles. I felt really good and averaged 7:00/mile during the first 6 miles. I felt so good I decided to stretch the run out to 16 so I backed off the pace and ran around 7:20-7:30 for the next 6. Since I wasn't planning on going long, I didn't take any fluids with me and I really paid for it the last 4 miles. I was sooooo thirsty. The pace dropped and I shuffled along to complete the run. Despite the crash at the end, it was a good run with virtually no achilles pain. Total Time: 1:59:03 (7:23/mile)
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