Another Milestone this Morning

   I didn't get up until 6:30 this morning, I wanted to actually run during daylight this time. I made sure to scarf down a cinnamon raisin english muffin with honey peanut butter and coffee before I headed out the door. For awhile I thought I had made a mistake in dressing in just capris, my long sleeve undershirt with a t-shirt over it and my mild cold weather gloves, and my hat. It was 28 degrees, very chilly but I pushed on hoping that I would eventually warm up..... it happened.... around mile 6. Other that starting off faster than I wanted, overall the run was great. At mile 7.75 I drank some Grape Frost, at mile 9.1 I ingested the Strawberry Banana Gu along with some sips of water and still felt good. I hadn't eaten much yesterday so I was constantly feeling the hint of hunger, but not that bad so it wasn't really anything to fret about.
  At mile 12.7 I ingested the Chocolate Rage Gu and sipped some water to follow it down. I think I had some more Grape Frost somewhere around mile 11.5........ along with a little rest. When I hit 13.3 miles (my longest before today) I felt great, and knew I was going to reach my goal mile of 14.1 with no issues. 
  I ended up with 14.2 miles in 2:21:42 with an average pace of 9:59 min/mile, faster than I had planned (my goal was around 10:30 pace) but I felt great throughout the run so no regrets. Elevation gain of 376 feet with a loss of 383 feet, I was hoping for 400 feet but I got close so that is good. Temperature was 28 degrees with a feels like 23 when I started, probably ended around 34 degrees. The sun really helped warm things up, so I am thankful for that.
Laps/splits were:
Mile 1 - 10:15
Mile 2 - 10:01
Mile 3 - 9:55
Mile 4 - 9:51
Mile 5 - 10:10
Mile 6 - 10:00
Mile 7 - 9:51
Mile 8 - 9:40
Mile 9 - 9:54
Mile 10 - 9:59
Mile 11 - 10:05
Mile 12 - 10:19
Mile 13 - 10:08
Mile 14 - 9:46
.2        - 9:11

   Overall, not a bad run and I think I could have pushed for 15 miles had I wanted to but I'll probably stick around 14 miles for the next couple weekends, get my legs and body used to it.