Here's the details:
I met a guy (Gene Johnson) at the Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving day in Gruene. He is my age and ran a little ways behind me in the race. After the race he came and asked the usual questions and we compared running notes. Come to find out he is a seasoned marathoner and actually ran Boston last year. He took my phone number with the intent to call and coordinate a run with me. Saturday evening he called and I accepted his invitation to come to New Braunfels and run a long run with him. His goal was 18 miles at about the same pace as me. I was planning to run 20 but said 18 would be good.
I met up with him at 6:30. It was plenty warm and humid. We exchanged plesantries and then took off. I think his running style is very even paced where mine is typically more like running fartleks. :-) The course was very hilly, for me, with several elevation changes of 100, 200, 300 feet. I had to walk some of the hills while he just plodded along up all the hills. He stoped three times for water and restroom breaks but I would contine to run circles while I waited on him. (This is where I gained and additional mile.) We did stop at a convienence store but I didn't stop my watch but run in, got some water and continued running circles outside (8:42 mile) while he bought and drank some gatorade.
All in all the run was okay. I didn't feel great from start to finish but based on the course and training level I'm pretty pleased.
Hopefully Gene will ask me to come run again with him. :-)
| Mile |
Time |
HR |
HR % |
Max HR |
| 1 |
7:54:00 |
135 |
69% |
|
| 2 |
8:01:00 |
144 |
75% |
|
| 3 |
8:06:00 |
147 |
77% |
|
| 4 |
8:08:00 |
152 |
80% |
|
| 5 |
8:39:00 |
157 |
84% |
|
| 6 |
8:19:00 |
156 |
83% |
|
| 7 |
7:54:00 |
154 |
82% |
|
| 8 |
7:36:00 |
155 |
82% |
|
| 9 |
7:54:00 |
154 |
82% |
|
| 10 |
8:42:00 |
156 |
83% |
|
| 11 |
7:24:00 |
155 |
82% |
|
| 12 |
7:35:00 |
161 |
86% |
|
| 13 |
7:51:00 |
163 |
87% |
|
| 14 |
7:33:00 |
163 |
87% |
|
| 15 |
8:22:00 |
164 |
87% |
|
| 16 |
7:14:00 |
168 |
89% |
|
| 17 |
7:40:00 |
168 |
89% |
|
| 18 |
7:55:00 |
169 |
90% |
|
| 19 |
7:24:00 |
171 |
91% |
178 |
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| Total |
150:11:00 |
157 |
83% |
|
| Pace |
7:54:16 |
|
|
WT |
| 