Getting back to it

Just a short little run today to warm up for tomorrow's 14 miler.  This is the long run we were supposed to do last week but put off because I was camping.  My fellow runners are so nice to accomodate my crazy summer.  I drove a route this morning after our run mapping out where to go tomorrow.  Hopefully it will be a good one.

today went much better than when Jenny and I did our 13 miler - just the 2 of us.  Today it was us two and leslie and Desiree were with us.

It was a good loop with some gentle up and down with one big uphill and one major downhill but not too steep.  I learned a lot from the 13 miler - when I start to feel the nausea coming on, stop and walk and it's okay.  This run was a good one for me mentally.  I felt a lot better and kept the pace a little slower so I could at least finish running this time.

Here's the stats:

14.25 miles in 2:56/ 12:44 avg pace - I felt like we made pretty good time considering we did a little more walking and had two bathroom/water stops.

My only problem now is I can barely walk.  I've had ice on my knees for almost an hour.  Now I'm going to go shower and crash.

Didn't get up early today - slept in until after 8:00!!  I was beat all day.  did take the kids swimming for most of the afternoon.

Went out running with Jenny this morning.  We took it very easy and slow.  Still recovering from the long run on tues and gearing up for another one on Sat.

Jenny and I just went for a power walk this morning.  It takes so much longer to cover the distance when you're walking.  It does feel good to stretch the muscles, though.  

We're trying to gear up for a 10 miler tomorrow.  We're both feeling beat still from the long run on tues. 

What a great run today.  I've decided 10 miles is my favorite distance for a long run.  I felt great today and even had some fast paces miles in there.  Unfortunately I forgot to plug in my garmin yesterday and it died 4.5 miles into the run.  I do have the stats from leslie's garmin - we did the run in 2:15 with an avg pace of 13:32.  We took it real easy and I think that's the secret for me.  I was kind of dreading the run today and didn't know if I could do it so soon after the 14 miler on Tues.  I was pleasantly surprised with how I did and how I felt.  I finished pretty strong and felt great and not wasted.  Yeah!!