Good. +/-850ft; 18miles @10:03min/mile.
I ran a little faster than I had to, but even so the run went well. I will pay attention to pacing myself more carefully during my 20 miler, but I am happy the run was uneventful.
It was very even splits for the most part, with my final mile split (10:09) was close to my average
pace.
What surprised me was the amount I ate on the run. On the 16 mile run a couple of weeks ago, I remember eating about 4 dates or so (about 250 calories). On this run, I ate about 6 dates and half a brownie (a friend gave me this at mile 16)—altogether about 450 calories—almost as if all the
additional distance came from what I ate during the run!
Amazingly, I am not sore at all—though for a few minutes after the run, it was painful to even stand! The worst offenders were my quads and hamstrings, perhaps due to the pounding I took on the slopes.
The funny thing is that I have never taken any electrolyte on any of my runs so far. I think I have just been lucky—my sweating does not throw me off balance, even though I start off at 5pm (high 70s) and the temp remains high throughout (at 8pm, the temp is low to mid 70s).
But I will add either gatorade/salt tablets to the mix during the 20 miler and long runs from now on. I don’t think I need much, but it probably will help to take in some electrolyte at mile 16 or so, just in case.
[...] It has been a long journey to this point, filled with equal amounts of apprehension and uncertainty to relief, amazement at how well the program was helping to a creeping confidence. [...]
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