I then headed out on the same course as I ran yesterday for my 15.5 mile run. I figured that with a few modifications to the route - skip the impossible river crossing attempts and swamp - I could make a 13 mile loop which I could run twice to get in my 30 miles for the day.
The first lap of this loop was great. Snowmobiles had been out yesterday afternoon to get the trails in good condition for me, the weather was nice and I felt really good. No ill effects from the run I did yesterday.
When I set off on my second lap a little after 11:30 it had started to warm up and oddly it also started snowing. The snow coming down wasn't really a problem, it was actually very pretty, but the warmer temps meant that the snow on the trails was getting softer and thus harder work to get through. Surprisingly my second lap was only about 5 minutes slower than the first time around. I think I was getting excited about finishing and picked up the pace for the last few miles, which made up for some of the slowing down I had been doing.
I must have miscalculated the distance of this loop because when I finished the second lap my Garmin told me I had only run 29 miles. It really sucks returning to the starting point of a run and still needing to tack on another mile to get to your planned distance. So in the absence of rational thought I headed off for the summit of Bradbury Mountain to get in that extra mile (note the big spike at the end of the elevation profile below).
I'd write more if I wasn't so damn tired.time: 5:38:25
distance: 30.78 miles
pace: 10:59 (13:15 for first 4 miles, 10:40 for following 26+)
heart rate: 149/171
5 comments:
Wow! That is an impressive run, and impressive weekend. Good work! Maybe we'll be able to join you on a shorter run at some point soon.
-Sparkplug/Danielle
Wow dude! That's a one-uh spicy meat-uh-ball. Great job. Bull Run Run will be fun fun fun with the training you've put in.
Wow, that's some impressive work this weekend.
Sorry you were flying solo on Saturday; I only had an easy 6-7 miles scheduled (raced down in New Bedford today.)
I don't imagine that I'm going to be out for a few weeks. I'm not sure what I'm going to schedule for next weekend, but the 1st marathon is 2 weeks from today and the goal marathon is 7 weeks from today. I want to get some road miles in between now and then.
Way to HTFU.
Awesome run. You the man. I bet you slept well last night. Ellie and I hope to see you at Twin Brooks tomorrow night.
Killer run. Hope you had a nice post-run meal and snooze. I've been working the road miles as well, but looking forward to joining you guys on the trails in a few weeks.
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