Well, after a dismal record of only run this week, I did the dreaded 20 miles today. It was SO COLD. I think it was close to freezing when I started. I wore a long-sleeved shirt, short shorts, and a hat. For the first eight miles or so, I was wishing I had tights and gloves. At times, I could not feel my legs. I thought that might be good: if I couldn't feel my legs, I could run forever!
This was officially my longest training run ever! It was unintentional, though. I couldn't get up to my desired pace of sub-10:00 for several miles, because of the cold, I think. Total time was 3:21:54, 9:51 average. Here are my mile splits: 10:15, 10:16, 9:55, 10:04, 10:10, 10:00, 10:03, 9:57, 10:00, 10:02, 10:06, 9:40, 9:45, 9:29, 9:36, 9:34, 9:28, 9:37, 9:29, 9:41, and 4:51 for the last .5 (9:37 pace). I felt really good from about mile 10 to 17. Then I started hurting.
The biggest feat of today's run is that I did it all alone!! I'm so glad I got this run finished. Now I'm off to get my hair cut and colored, and then to my firm's Christmas party tonight. Yippee! |