Ran the 15 miler on Saturday. I was trying for around 6 min pace, and was ok on the first 5 mile loop, but then my legs started to feel the race from a week ago. And I was running the last 10 miles completely alone - no one in sight in front or behind me. It was like a time trial, not a race. I kept trying to click the miles away. My legs were hurting quite a bit but I wanted to finish strong. Unfortunately with 2 miles to go, my throat kind of locked up on me and I couldn't breathe for a few seconds. I stopped and just about passed out. But I collected myself after a minute and started going after I saw the guy who was behind me coming up. I finished feeling ok but my throat hurt for the rest of the day. I didn't know what happened. It was pretty strange.
5 mile split - 30:46 10 mile split - 1:02:15 15 miles - 1:36:26 (14 second PR)
Never felt worse about a PR. Two days later and my legs are still sore. Lesson learned: don't race a 15 miler a week after racing a half. Now I need to heal up for my half on Thanksgiving.
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