22 mile progressive long run. 16-18 degrees with a slight breeze. Since multiple trails were snow covered, we ran back and forth on beach drive. Rather hilly with rolling hills both ways slowed me down a bit. I ran with a bottle of water during the early part of the run. It was freezing inside the bottle, even as we were running with it. Made my hands cold as hell too. Happy to get it in before an additional 3 inches falls today.
8:07, 8:05, 7:40, 7:45, 7:23, 7:20, 7:15
6:55, 6:51, 6:47, 6:37, 6:43, 6:45, 6:25
5:50, 5:46, 5:49, 5:45, 5:47, 5:48, 5:41
7:54 (CD)
NOTE: at 6 miles I ate 4 little Cliff shot bloks and a half a bottle of water (133 cals). No cramping issues..the next few miles I felt like I was on crack, running too fast, then easing the pace a bit to let me teammates catch up so that I didn't run too fast too soon. Turns out that I at about 60mg of caffeine in those bloks so I was energized for a little while. I will try a PowerGel next long run to see how that works and decide what I want to use for marathon day after that.
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