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26.2 Miles, I We did it!
4:30am – Beep Beep Beep Beep, damn
5:00am – Rice Crispies (big bowl) and two hard boiled eggs with a lot of salt
At the finish: Juli Schneller, Carl Hutzler and Dick Schneller
7 comments20 Miles!
A big cold front pushed in late yesterday and ushered in 50 degree temps and a nice NW breeze. I set out for 15 miles but felt great and pushed it to 20. I could have gone 26.2 today without an issue. My heart rate stayed down pretty much in the 80% range throughout until I pushed my pace at the end. 20 Miles, 4 hours and 4 minutes.
Now I have to run some maintenance runs during the week with some slightly longer weekend runs until the Marathon on October 29th.
18 Miles!
In 85° heat. Yuk. I did pretty well for the first 12 miles and then started to feel it. At mile 16 the heat was bad and the shade was gone and we were under the Wilson bridge. They were doing a lot of work on the bridge and the diesel fumes were very strong. That’s when I stopped with one of the other folks I was running with. Together we walked for 1.5 miles and then ran in the last half mile.
Even with the walk, we finished in a respectable 3 hours 57 mins. Considering the heat, the 13.5 min mile pace is actually fairly good. Next time we have a long run (20 miles), if its hot, I am going to run at 2am…in the dark!
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