AM - 13 miles outside, before it got hot. I got up at 5 am so that I could get in a longer run. The plan was to take it nice and easy the entire run, since I had kind of a hard workout yesteday. First I ran to the store to pick up a gatorade and some powergels. Took the gatorade home and drank a little, then had my first gel and took the other one with me to take later. Stopped at just after 5 miles to take some water. Just after 9 miles, I took the second gel, was starting to feel a little sluggish. The first 7 miles were right around 8:00 pace, then I started to pick things up a little bit. Mile 8 was in 7:47, mile 9 in 7:46, mile 10 in 7:35, mile 11 in 7:17, and mile 12 in 7:06 (I counted this as a MP mile), then slowed down and ran the last mile in 7:47. Total time for the run was 1:41:13, average pace of 7:47/mile. |