I took ibuprofen this morning before my run and took off planning to run 8 or 10 depending on how I felt. After 4 miles at about an 8:20 ave I picked up the pace and It felt pretty good and my knee wasn't bothering me so I decided I would turn it into a long MP run. 7:31, 6:56, 6:55, 6:48, 6:48, 6:50, 6:56, 7:00, 7:04, 7:00, 6:53, 7:08, 7:00. My knee held up real well except on a couple of steep downhills it quickly got sore to the point I had to walk down the rest of the way and stretch it out and then it was fine. The first half I felt real good but with 6 miles to go I started feeling low on energy. I was going to do 18 miles but my hip started getting sore so I quit after 17 miles and walked the last mile to be safe. I did stop a few times during the run to stretch or drink and walked down those 2 short hills that I didn't time.I was pretty worn out at the end. Average pace for the last 12 miles was 6:56. For 13 was 6:59. Overall pace for 17 miles was 7:18. |