I was kind of dreading today's run. I am not a fan of long runs, which is a little weird since I want to run a marathon. The longest I have run to this point is 15 miles, and for some reason 17 sounded like a lot of running. Devra's schedule also had her running the last 5 hard, which intimidated me even more. So, I was proud of myself for getting through today's run.
We ran out 1300 W to 104th S, up to 2700, and back to 5400. We had to add an extra mile in the neighborhood to hit 17. We didn't start out too quickly, about 7:20 pace for the first three. Then, we started to pick up. At about nine miles, where we turned onto 2700 S, we hit a slight downhill. Our pace picked up significantly, so we decided to do our five hard right there instead of at mile 12. From mile 9-14, we ran 6:20's. At mile 11 we took a goo. The 14th mile was pretty tough, because it was all uphill to 6200 S. I was definitely feeling the pace then. Even in the uphill mile we ran a 6:27. After 6200 it is all downhill, so we just ran easy . . .6:30-40 pace instead of 6:20. About this time the goo kicked in pretty good, so I felt great the last three miles. Our total time for the run was 1:55:45, or 6:50 average according to Devra's garmin.
I'm glad to get past the mental barrier of today's run. Plus, this is my longest run since the winter of 2008. If I can just stay healthy, I think I will run really well!
Now I get to recover for next week's half marathon!
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