It was cooler today (48) and very windy. I planned on doing a long run with the last half at MP. I started off easy and most of the first half of the run was into the wind. I wasn't feeling the best but was ok. Around the half way point I started to wonder if I would be able to do any miles at MP because. I was starting to feel rough. I made the turn around at the half way point and started to pick up the pace. I felt like I was running faster but wasn't really picking it up like I thought. The 11th mile I pushed harder and ran it around 7:00 pace but after that wasn't feeling good and felt like I was pushing to hard for it to be MP. I decided to slow back down and see how I felt after a couple of miles. It just went all downhill from there. I started feel worse and by mile 13 I was ready to quit. By mile 15 I had really slowed down (around 9:00 to 9:30) and started to wonder if I could make it back. I ran out and back so I didn't have much choice. I felt like walking but it was cool and with the wind I figured I would get really chilled. I struggled all the way home and even took a shortcut back to the house to cut off the last half mile. It has been a long time since I struggled on a run like this. I am not sure what happened. I had water with me so that shouldn't have been the problem. It had been a while since I had anything to eat so that could have been the problem. I could have just ran out of fuel. My right leg was bother me and my right foot hurt. I think I learned one thing that I shouldn't wear these shoes for the marathon because that is what I was considering. I guess it could have just been a bad day as well. Oh well, I will just see how the next few days go and take it from there. 2:39:49 (8:12 avg)
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