Run: 11.0 miles - Pace: 11:01/mi - Week: 26.73 miles - Total: 684.35
No more Nike+, I'm afraid. The sensor in my shoe seems to have died sometime between yesterday's run and the start of today's. So I just used the stopwatch.
Overall, I felt really good about this run. I was worried, though, at the start. Yesterday's run left me feeling sore by the evening, and I knew I wouldn't even have a full 24 hours to recover before this run. I did some extra stretching last night and tried to keep hydrated as well as I could.
Still, the first 3 miles or so did not feel good. Usually you kind of want those miles to feel painfully slow and easy, instead they were just painful. I found a nice pace after a while, though, and was pleased with how I managed the first big hill coming up from Brush Creek. I walked a minute every 12 minutes, knowing that for these long runs I usually average over 11 minute miles. I ate a pack of sport bean before leaving and took another pack with me for the run. I ate about half of them before I didn't really want them anymore. I think I'll still take them next week, but maybe just eat a couple when I feel like it, rather than trying to eat on some schedule.
The last two miles or so (I can't be exactly sure), went really well. I had to go up a long incline from state line over to Belinder, and then had to ascend a rather steep portion of Belinder. Still, I was able to attack that last steep incline and push all the way to the end. I ended up finishing about 5 minutes faster than I expected to, which is good. Makes me think that with fresh legs I just might be able to break 2 hours. Nothing really to report pain-wise, so we'll see how I'm feeling tomorrow.
