AM- long run day! We went up into North Carolina to Bent Creek Forest in the national park for some trail running. We were supposed to do 1 mile longer than our longest run this summer, so I did 10, since my long runs were 9. Ran 9 mostly just with Anya and Chandler, but sometimes Coach Gracey. Finished out the last mile with Coach Gracey. He talked to me a lot about my breathing and how to steady it and use it to gauge my efforts; he is super knowledgeable about all of the science behind running. I love long runs but this was a wee bit more difficult than my usual ones just because the hills went on for so long. There would be like a mile of uphill at a time. That being said, it had some fantastic downhills as well. So I suppose it all evens out.
PM- Ice bath recovery; no run.
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