20 miles in the early morning
So I actually dragged myself out of bed early this morning for my run. I'm very proud of myself.
I stayed local, because technically I was on call as of this morning. It's actually a pain running these long distances locally, since I have to repeat a lot of small loops to make up the mileage. I was told about a bridle path which had a 2.5 mile loop. I tried to take it, but it was a bad idea. First of all, it was really bad for my ankle. Secondly, I kind of got lost. I thought it was supposed to loop back, but in the end I just ran into the highway with no place to go. (It's in the top left of the above path. I got close to other parts of my run, but I was separated by train tracks. And a fence.) I ended up just retracing my steps - and was really glad to have a GPS watch. It did slow me down for a bit, though.
I was supposed to do these 20 miles at about a 9:03 pace. Which still seems so fast for these long runs...
The middle spike is where I decided to try and see if there was a path I was missing. I actually stopped and walked along this steep incline so as not to get hurt.
Looking at these a little more carefully, I can see that like usual, it took me about 4 miles to get warmed up. After that I was on, or faster, than target until I got lost. And after that I was really wiped out, but managed to stay fairly close to target for the rest of the way.
I'd be super impressed with myself if I wasn't limping around the rest of the day. It may have been the trail running, but this run took a lot out of me. I'm glad it's done though.
I stayed local, because technically I was on call as of this morning. It's actually a pain running these long distances locally, since I have to repeat a lot of small loops to make up the mileage. I was told about a bridle path which had a 2.5 mile loop. I tried to take it, but it was a bad idea. First of all, it was really bad for my ankle. Secondly, I kind of got lost. I thought it was supposed to loop back, but in the end I just ran into the highway with no place to go. (It's in the top left of the above path. I got close to other parts of my run, but I was separated by train tracks. And a fence.) I ended up just retracing my steps - and was really glad to have a GPS watch. It did slow me down for a bit, though.
I was supposed to do these 20 miles at about a 9:03 pace. Which still seems so fast for these long runs...
The middle spike is where I decided to try and see if there was a path I was missing. I actually stopped and walked along this steep incline so as not to get hurt.
Looking at these a little more carefully, I can see that like usual, it took me about 4 miles to get warmed up. After that I was on, or faster, than target until I got lost. And after that I was really wiped out, but managed to stay fairly close to target for the rest of the way.
I'd be super impressed with myself if I wasn't limping around the rest of the day. It may have been the trail running, but this run took a lot out of me. I'm glad it's done though.
posted by Danny on Monday, September 17, 2007
7 Comments:
Your splits are really good, you should be proud!
Great job with the 20 miles in the early morning. Keep up the good work. A friend of mine ran 20.45 on Sunday.
great run danny. well done for fitting it in...
Way to "git 'er done", Danny. It sure it a nice feeling to get those things marked off the to do list. It is a great big step in the right direction for that "next" marathon!
Great job!! You are going to blow NYC away!!!
That does seem super fast. I need to start reading that book you recommended. I want to be fast too!
Hot damn! You're EN FUEGO! (mmm yeah, that's the extent of my spanish!)
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