Long run with the CTC Marathon Training Team in Keane, VA. I was up and out of the house by 5:40 this morning for for a 30Min drive to Keane. I received my training program on Friday and learned that I needed to do 13-14miles with this long run. I was expecting to do 12, so I needed to get my mind around it.
When I started running, I felt great and started out pretty fast with ~9mins pace. I really need to work on starting out slower at something more like a 9:45min pace. I was able to hold this pace for the first 7miles. At 7miles stopped for a drink and then turned around to run the loop backwards. I am always surprised that my feet feel like lead when I start running again after a break. It took me 1/2 a mile to start feeling normal again. Running the loop in reserve made it seem like I was running up hill for the last half of the run which impacted my pace. I was definitely running out of gas in the last few miles.
Considering this was my longest run in sometime I am happy with the effort and results.
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