Well I pushed it this morning to a new personal best, 25 miles!! Felt great, 75 percent of it was on trails, the weather was sunny and near 80, I saw some deer and bunnies, it was a great run. I wore some fancy running shorts with built in undies that were like magic, chafe be gone forever.... I hope... I did find that in the last few miles the insides of my arms and lats started to rub a bit, but that was really my only complaint. I don't know if I ate right last night, but I didn't bonk so it worked, however I do feel like maybe I ate too much because I was pretty full for the first few miles, and maybe super spicy Italian sausage in my pasta dinner could be substituted for something a little more bland. Luckily there were forest service bathrooms throughout the run! Well I am feeling pretty confident for the marathon in a month, today's run was pretty hilly, with some long steep hills, and the marathon is almost all down hill. Well if you are in Colorado I hope you are enjoying the sunshine!! Later!!
Oh for those statistics types, I did the run in 3:58:48, so although slower than I want by quite a bit, that includes a few bathroom breaks, 3 or 4 long steep hills, a water break and a food break. Well go get some!!
That's awesome. What shoes were you wearing? Is that your last long run before the marathon? Are you getting psyched yet?
ReplyDeleteI had some old shitty puma trail runners on, nothing special, but more foam than the NB's. I am only up to about 14 miles in the NB's, but hopfully by the middle of summer, I will be 100% minimalist for any distance!
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