Got up early to do my last long run for a while. I was kind of dreading it in a way because I knew I would be solo again. I packed 12ozs of Heed and wore a long sleeve shirt because it was 45 degrees when I left.
I ran out around the Cove pond, down 6400 W., and up Main and Butterfield Canyon. Butterfield gets pretty tough after 10 miles. I tried to push it back, but the head wind that started up slowed me up a bit, especially on the uphill miles. I was trying to break 2:20:00, but even with my last 3 miles in 18:10 I was a little short. My first mile was 8:26 and my last mile was 5:48. I averaged 7:43 for the first 10 miles and ran 1:03:15 back. Felt fine other than some tightness in the right hammy. I am still congested and coughed up a lot of junk along the way. Hopefully I will get over all of that in the next two weeks. Glad to get this one done. I probably won't do another 20 miler until August now. I need to work on some shorter faster stuff this summer. 2:20:31 for the run.
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