Up at 5 this morning, and out the door by 5:22 a.m with no sunlight yet and it was a crisp 48 degrees. Wearing shorts and a t-shirt I felt great, though my arms were a bit chilly. I wasn't hungry but I ate half of a cliff bar anyways and drank some water, as I didn't want to start feeling hunger pains during my run which can really suck sometimes. Elevation gain was 437 feet with most of it near the end of my run, and a loss of 397 feet. I started out slow, my legs felt a bit sore and heavy but things got better as I went on. Between mile 1 and 2 I stopped at the gas station as I knew I would need to go to the bathroom, then around mile 4 my bladder was threatening so I stopped at another gas station to get rid of that discomfort. The plan was 11 miles, but I ended up running 11.1 just because I was feeling pretty good near the end of the run, even after some pretty hefty hills I finished in 1:55:17 with an average pace of 10:23 min/mile, I am hoping that with fresh legs after 2-3 days of no running I will feel in excellent shape for the half marathon........ this past week has been quite busy with a lot of running, walking and hiking including yesterday's hike when I normally rest the day before my long run.
Laps/Splits
Mile 1 - 11:24
Mile 2 - 10:56
Mile 3 - 10:52
Mile 4 - 10:40
Mile 5 - 10:42
Mile 6 - 10:37
Mile 7 - 10:08
Mile 8 - 10:18
Mile 9 - 10:08
Mile 10 - 9:43
Mile 11 - 9:00
. 10 - 8:05
Not bad really, and I think I could have hung onto the 9:00 min/mile pace for another 2 miles but I am not going to hit 13 miles before my half marathons this Fall, I will play with that this winter at some point.
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