19.7 mile run. Well my maping skills were off just a little today. Last night I planned on doing around a 14 mile run that started with around 7-8 out on a dirt trail and then finished with around 6 on the paved road.
So around 12 miles I finally get to the paved road after climing up a steep canyon for 8.5 miles. When I got to the paved road that ran back to the condo I hit 4 miles of 5:35 min/mile pace and then slowed down to and easy 6:00 min/mile pace the last three or so. After I shut it down I was suprised to see how easy the 6 min/mile pace felt.
I was really ready to be done at the end. No water the whole run. I did have a GU that I took at mile 8 but without anything to wash it down. It was a really cool run in some of the Moab Outback, I just wish I would have had a better plan of what was going to happen. The 19.7 miles took 2:35 to do and that is with to good tempo miles at the end. The first 8-9 miles were just up, up, and up rocky trails. Most of it I was working to hit 10 min/mile pace. Kind of wore me out. Then it dropped off a very steep and rocky road that wasn't any faster.
Like I said it was just few more than I had planned or wanted to do, but it was a fun trail run. | 