All righty, the twenty miler went GREAT. It was a perfect day for running, just a little wind, but that worked for me and against me, so that was a wash. I ran from the house out to Plank Road, which is one of the back roads on FT Bragg. I stayed on Plank Road until it intersected with Chicken Road, and just kept going. There are some great hills, and not that much traffic, so I really liked it, one of my favorite routes.
On the way out there, Darcy H, a guy I work with, drove on by with his wife and dog. I suspect they were headed out to the lake to let the dog play around. He honked and waved, so I was happy. My water stop was right at 8 miles, I had half a liter of water and a vanilla Power Gel. I hit the same water spot on the way back, at mile 12, had the rest of the water and another Gel. After that, I was cranking.
I hit my 10 mile mark at 75 minutes, on the nose, which was quite a suprise. When I saw that I figured I could do a pretty good negative split, so I cranked it up on the way back. It felt great. If I can run that strong on race day, 3:15 will be too easy. My second 10 was 72 something or other, a full 3 minutes faster than the way out. Pretty good day on the road, I believe.
Monday is an easy ten, I am supposed to run at an 8:10 pace, I seriously doubt that I can run that slow, but I will give it a shot.
1 comment:
Sounds like an awesome run....and your times clearly show that all the training you put in have been paying off! Always great to see the results, isn't it? I know that these recovery routines are great training tools but trying to work at a sub-optimal range is difficult for me, too. Good luck.
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