Saturday, December 26 - Plan 18-22 miles
We sent our daughter off to college this morning, she and my husband left about 4:00 am - way to early for me to be out pounding the pavement by myself. I went back to bed, with every intention of heading out between 6-7. I woke up with a headache and dehydrated and decided against heading out early and I would head out/or hit the treadmill if necessary later in the day.
Finally got down to business around 6:00 pm and due to rain and tornado warnings, I was on the treadmill. I have never done a 20 miler on the treadmill, I think the longest previously was around 16 miles. I broke it into 3 mile segments for water and Gu'd at 6, 12, & 18 but was not overly efficient. I ended up having to make a hotel reservation for my husband because they got stuck due to weather, way to many bathroom breaks to count and the last two miles were dang HARD. I was trying to figure out why, but realized afterwards, my internal body temp had gotten way to high.
So glad to have gotten it done...I don't know that I would do another 20 on the treadmill ( I feel like I have run a marathon), but I did it, when I could have given up.
20 miles / 2:55:59 / 8:47 avg pace
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