Yesterday was a moderately long day, 16 miles. I talked Gordon L into running with me and we stayed together for the first 12 miles. We started off at Lee fieldhouse, went onto Pope, AFB, ran around the airfield, then hit Butner Road. We stopped at the little park for some water then went down around Pike field.
From Pike Field we followed Gruber Road, up to Grave, onto Ardennes then onto Normandy. We ended up back on Reilly Road and finished at Lee Field House. That is a pretty standard long run route and you can modify it to run longer or shorter. It is mostly flat, just a couple of hills, the most notable of the two was the one coming off of Pike Field up to Longstreet and a long slow hill up Gruber. Gordon hung close to me until we went around Pike Field then he slowed down and I sped up. My first 12 were about 8:20 and my last 4 were sub 7, I really wanted to put some intensity into those last 4. It felt pretty good.
I posted the picture of the CITGO sign, it is a Boston landmark. It is also marks mile 25 of the Boston Marathon. Pretty much once you see it, you know your done.
2 comments:
I have a hard time thinking about running, let alone actually doing it.
You go!
j
keep it up and keep those hands warm. w
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