Solid long run this morning down the STG marathon course. I was planning on doing the first half of the course as our mock race but the guys seemed to just want to run 20 miles down. It was good because I could use the downhill training too. Hit the first 10.1 miles in 1:05 or a 6:31 avg. Dave and I were just chill talking and enjoying a pretty good running morning. Dustin hung with us up past Veyo hill and we slowly crept the pace up. 8 mile tempo at a 5:27 avg. We started the tempo not wanting to kill it. Didn't want to have a big recovery. Hit the first few miles smooth and EZ. We never took it into full tempo. By the top of Winchester Hill I was feeling saucy and wanted to try and really get rolling all the way down. The legs felt really, really solid. But by around 16.5 into the total run my right foot really started to hurt. I was wearing a (out of the box) new pair of Nike Lunaracers. They felt super through 15 miles but then slowly on the right inner front pad of my foot it started to kill. It felt like there was a small lump coming through the bottom of the shoe. Anyways around 7 miles into the tempo I decided to keep rolling until mile 8 and then shut it down so I didn't end up with a big blister or other injury. Then we just jogged back to Dave's car. Hit a 6:31 avg for our 2.1 mile cool down. Felt great about the day. Kind of bummed the shoes didn't work out as I had thought I'd found my new marathon racing shoes... now I've got find something else. I stopped the tempo soon enough that I don't think my foot will hurt much more than today.
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