Really good run for me today. We did a 20 miler from above Veyo down to the running store on the marathon route. I was a little worried how I would be able to handle 20 miles, since I haven't done one for a long time. Anyway we started off at a decent pace, Clyde, Steve, Bill, and myself. 1-7:09 2-6:46 3-6:20-I'm enjoying the pace so far not too fast, and we are running together enjoying the cooler temperatures 4-6:27 5-7:19 I felt pretty good going up Veyo Hill, Bill drops off a little going up the hill.
6-6:59 still some hills here 7-6:40 8-6:45 Steve and Clyde put a little distance on me here
9-6:34 10-6:27 Quick water stop for the guys, though I didn't really stop, I carried some two smaller bottles of power aid on my little hip belt 11-6:37 By this time Clyde has taken off, he really wanted to try to push the second half, so now it is just Steve and I for a few miles
12-6:28 I'm still feeling pretty good, which is surprising. I didn't eat much yesterday or last night, and I also didn't get a good night's rest. 13-6:22 (1:26:56)
14-6:16- I picked up the pace a little here, Steve was struggling a little, was low on fuel.
15-6:12- 16-6:40 gradual hill leaving Winchester 17-6:26 Legs starting to feel tired, and body really starting to warm up. In fact I took a water bottle that was on the side of the road, looked like it was more than half way gone and wasn't one that somebody had recently set out, so I just dumped it over my head and it helped cool me off for a bit 18- 6:43 19-6:41 20-6:38 2:12:32 average 6:37 I was pretty happy with this average. I had done a similar run back in April 14 miles down the course with a 6:38 average. So this effort was much better today 6 more miles, plus the Veyo Hill and the rolling hills coming into Dammeron. I did have some problems driving back home, got really tired and just felt ready to eat something and take a nap. Cumulus-102.5
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