I'm at the top of the mileage board with this run. The first (and last) time that will ever happen. Great run this morning. I'll write more later.
So the view from the top didn't last long. Oh well. About today's run! It rocked! I wasn't able to get a long run in on Saturday because I had to play Army, begining at 7:00 am, so I pushed back the workout until Monday morning. I was fine with that because it was 41 degrees this morning--my favorite temp for a long run.
Got up at 4:50 and ate 1/2 banana and 1/4 bagel and water, then 30 minutes more sleep. I was out the door at 5:50 and under way. I ran 5 miles around town, then did my 14 mile Cedar Knoll loop with Andrea following along in the car with water/gatorade, followed by another 5 miles around town. Here are my splits, followed by some thoughts:
Mile split
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Total Time
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1) 6:41
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2) 6:21
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13:02
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3) 6:11
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19:13
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4) 6:08
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25:21
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Bathroom stop
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5) 6:12
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31:33
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Gatorade
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6) 6:11
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37:44
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7) 6:01
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43:45
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8) 6:17
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50:02
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Water/Vanilla Gu
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9) 6:05
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56:07
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10) 6:14
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1:02:21
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Bathroom again?!
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11) 6:04
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1:08:25
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12) 6:02
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1:14:27
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13) 6:16
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1:20:43
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Gatorade
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14) 6:09
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1:26:52
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15) 6:07
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1:32:59
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Gatorade
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16) 5:57
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1:38:56
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17) 6:04
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1:45:00
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18) 6:06
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1:51:06
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Water/Powergel
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19) 5:58
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1:57:04
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20) 6:02
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2:03:06
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21) 6:01
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2:09:07
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22) 6:02
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2:15:09
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23) 6:11
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2:21:20
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Getting tired
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24) 6:24
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2:27:44
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Need a drink, bad!
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I started nice and easy, but by mile 3 I could tell that yesterday's Pizza Hut wasn't going to last the whole workout (it's so lame that the Army feeds us such crap for lunch, but that's a whole other issue). I found a bathroom just before mile 5 and felt much better from that point on. Miles 6 and 7 were downhill heading west on HWY 56 before turning south to loop around Cedar Knoll. Miles 8 through 11 were on the rolling hills around the Knoll, plus another bathroom stop right at 10. The uphill started about 11.5 and continued to mile 15 (hotel frontage road). I'm very pleased that I didn't fall apart here like I have in the past! I grabbed some Powergel (plain) and water just before mile 18, then took off for a couple more. The plan was to go 20, but I felt so good that I wanted to see how long I could hold this pace. I needed another drink all sorts of bad around 22, but I was in no-mans land, so I turned around and headed home to call it a day.
All in all, I felt great. This run was such a confidence-booster for Lincoln. My fitness wasn't even in this ball-park last year before SG. My runs were complete junk the final weeks in September. I can only hope that the temps in Nebraska are low-40's and that the humidity won't be out of control. I ran in my singlet and felt fine, but could have used some gloves until mile 14 or so. I ran in Asics Speedstars and feel really good about using them in Lincoln, much better than I did last year training for SG when anything over 14 was too much for me in such a light shoe. I think the gut issues were a combination of yesterday's Pizza Hut lunch and 64 ounces of Gatorade while at drill. Obviously, I would never eat like that before a race, but good learning experience to scale back the Gatorade as well and stick with water instead. I think that's about it. I'm pumped!!!!!
Total Time: 2:27:44
Pace: 6:09
Y2 (90) | 