Week 8 Saturday: 16-20 mile log run
I slept in and finally headed out around 9:00 am which meant that the wind had picked up and whenever I headed south, it was straight into the wind. The positive about heading out later is that I can run on the two lane farm roads and places I do not normally run during the week. I ended up spending the first half exploring some of the roads out to the sw of where I live and then the second have was comprised of the same roads I run during the week. I had some pretty good hills along the way ...most of them into the wind - that is the way it goes.
Splits: 9:18, 8:38, 8:42, 8:46, 8:26, 8:28, 8:32, 8:32, 8:39, 8:36, 8:47 (had to walk in some grass to avoid traffic and falling), 8:35, 8:24, 8:19, 8:23, 8:31, 8:22
Gu's at 7 and 14 and water stops at 10 & 16
I have three major projects going on at work right now and one of my daughters graduated from high school on Friday and is leaving for college right after Christmas - so it has been a little crazy. My diet has been less than stellar and I have missed strength training and doing the little things. All of this made this run much harder than it needed to be. At the half way point, I was tired and mentally worn out, but we persevere and get it done. I ended up feeling better during the second half and I am very proud of mile 16 (8:23)..one mile into the wind the entire time and I felt like I was running in sludge and going nowhere. I really expected to see into the 9's and was shocked by the 8:23.
I cannot believe I am half-way done with this cycle, it has flown by.
2:34:06 / 18 miles / 8:34 avg. pace
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