STEADY STATE LONG RUN
The plan this morning was 24-27 miles with 20-24 of it at 6:00/mile or faster. I purchased some Generation Ucan to try for fueling on the run today. I woke up two hours before our run was scheduled and drank a Ucan with protein. Then 30 minutes before the run I drank another Ucan. I also made a gel out of another one to take halfway through the run.
I dropped water off around mile 10 at the Uintah trailhead for us and then met Ken and Ben at Kneader's in downtown Ogden. We ran from there along the parkway South to Riverdale and up thru Uintah to Highway 89. From there up Combe Road and then along our Wednesday workout route back thru Ogden to the Canyon and down the parkway to finish. Ken had set water out at mile 20, so we had water twice, spaced out ten miles apart.
Ben and Ken ran very well. They ran with me to mile 20 and then they cooled down to 23 miles. I kept the tempo up the whole way through the run and hit 25 miles at 5:59/mile avg. I took the Ucan gel I had made at mile 14 and it set pretty well in my stomach. I am pretty impressed with the product. My energy levels were really good throughout the run.
I finished off the week with 105 miles, which is the most I've ever run in a week. Things are looking pretty good for Ogden, as long as the whole acid reflux/mucus buildup doesn't rear it's ugly head.
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