I was woke up about 12:30 with our java server failing so I had to restart the server so my sleep was interrupted. This mad me really tired this morning. I really didn't get back to sleep after this, because I kept thinking while trying to get back to sleep where I'm I going to run for my long run in the morning.
Not this morning I did my long run for 21.5 miles at an overall 6:47 pace in 2:27. First 10 miles in the wind and that wasn't fun. I was really sluggish for the first 5 miles not sure why, but then the legs finally woke up. I took my fuel belt and drank about 12oz of water and took two power-gels. I wanted to simulate my drinking and fuel. I really didn't feel fresh on this run and I really didn't push anything so I hope this is not a bad sign for SLC. I wanted to do some MP miles in this run but I ended up really not doing any so I'm a little concerned in that area heading into the Marathon. After mile 11 I did consecutive miles with the following splits ( 6:36, 6:32, 6:28, 6:18, 6:23, 6:36, 6:33, 6:33). The first 10 miles were a slight uphill, but really flat and the second half was half. I did 12 of the miles on the last part of the Pocatello marathon course 6 the reverse way and 6 back on the course. If I feel like it tomorrow I might do some MP miles, but I have a very busy day.
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