Today I did my long run again on the Pocatello Marathon course. 20.60
at 6:37 pace in 2:15. I ran the top portion of the course slower than I
did the last two weeks, because I wanted to push the bottom (flat and rolling hills) harder by doing a 3 in 1 run.
The wind was blowing around 15 mph and it was cold being at an altitude
of 6,000ft. I started the run at 4:55 and my hands froze for the first
8 miles... it was cold! I seen a skunk at mile 3 and I switched to the
opposite side of the road, because the skunk was running downhill with
me. I was praying please don't come near me! It's amazing experience up
on that course when you run the first 8 miles in the dark.
Miles 6:59, 6:49, 6:40, 6:47, 6:33 (I was trying to keep a steady pace, and it was really hard to want to stay at this slow pace.)
miles 6:22, 6:36, 6:48, 8:01,6:51, 6:50, 6:46, 6:40, 6:48 (still just cruising along and felt good. The wind was very strong... the 8:01 mile was because of a brown code alert.
Miles 6;35, 6:26, 6:08, 5:51, 5:59, 5:53 (I picked up the
pace for the ending miles with a tempo pace. The last mile was up the
big hill. I was very encouraged by this run. Now the next two weeks my
long runs will be shorter with doing over 20 miles three weeks in a row.
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