24 miles marked my longest training run ever. I threw in a weird 13-mile tempo run in the middle. Did six warmup miles followed by 9 miles at 6:00 pace. I can't remember ever doing a 6:00 mile intentionally. It was just fast enough that I had to pay attention but slow enough that it felt pretty easy still. Then the next three miles were at 5:20 pace. I added an extra mile for good measure so i had four at true marathon pace. The last four were definitely harder. I've always found it difficult to start "slow" and then pick up the pace deep into a run. It's nice to know I could roll out of bed just about any day and throw down a sub-2:40 marathon.
Averaged 6:11 for the 24 miles. I'm tired but felt good during the run. the weather was perfect. Mostly cloudy and low 40s.
Here's my route: http://www.toporoute.com/cgi-bin/getSavedRoute.cgi?routeKey=FAIYMVMNLEIWPUC
|
Mile
|
Split
|
|
1
|
6:27
|
|
2
|
6:20
|
|
3
|
6:42
|
|
4
|
6:28
|
|
5
|
6:44
|
|
6
|
6:43
|
|
7
|
6:00
|
|
8
|
5:58
|
|
9
|
5:57
|
|
10
|
5:56
|
|
11
|
5:59
|
|
12
|
5:53
|
|
13
|
5:52
|
|
14
|
5:58
|
|
15
|
5:57
|
|
16
|
5:19
|
|
17
|
5:18
|
|
18
|
5:20
|
|
19
|
5:25
|
|
20
|
6:53
|
|
21
|
6:40
|
|
22
|
6:54
|
|
23
|
6:48
|
|
24
|
6:56
|
| 