Yesterday I did my first long run yesterday. 8.5 miles! Woot. I'm doing a hybrid of gradually adding distance and this plan from RW that starts you at longer distances and then increases your speed at those distances. I made my goal of between 10-11 minute miles with walk breaks of 1.5 min at mile 3 and mile 6.
I left at 6 and it was round 90 with 50% humidity. At least the sun was down :) I averaged a 10:36 mile. My first mile was 13 min b/c I was on trails and got held up by this:
It's a Javelina. I nearly ran right into it. And munching on the cactus, it was relatively unconcerned that it was right in the way of my running path. So the first mile was a little slow...
I tried margarita + sodium cliff blocks 1/2 way through the run and had no real problems. I got some cramping on the lower left side of my abdomen. Can't tell if it was the bloks or the breathing, but it slowed the pace on miles 7 and part of 8.
Overall I felt really pretty good and like I could for a long time at a 10:30-11 min mile pace. Not bad for the first long run :) I'd like to run the half at a 10 mi mile pace, but I'd also be happy doing it at an 11 min pace. Not a bad start.
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