I did it! Thanks to Sarah's encouragement, I ran my longest run this morning - 14.2 miles.
We ran the lakes in Minneapolis. I missed the connection between Calhoun and Lake of the Isles, so we ran Calhoun twice instead of Isles twice. I thought we would have logged more miles then, but we did run more than 14.
The key for me is to start out almost too slow. I finished feeling pretty strong today. If I start too fast, it throws me for the rest of the run.
I had my mind in the game today - I felt confident and knew I could do it. Running with Sarah kept me honest too. I think running with her will be more important that ever as our long runs will now be 15 miles +.
The great news for me, besides finishing the run, was that my knee didn't hurt a bit! Huge news for me and a big confidence booster. I thank Andrew for that because he told me what I needed to do to get better. Now a muscle in the back and outside of my thigh hurts. I need to look up what the muscle is called.
Weather was perfect. Morning is the time to run - particularly these long runs. As the heat returns to Minnesota, I will need to start running my other runs early - even during the week.
We stopped at Mickey D's for sweet tea - boy did THAT hit the spot! I came home and had some lunch, but wasn't feeling so well. These long runs do a number on my insides. As I relax, I feel better.
No run tomorrow. Mads and I are going to hike the nature center. Sunday will be track speed work.
Thanks, Sarah. Today was great!
Friday, July 3, 2009
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Great job dude! I also feel really weird on the inside after a hard long run, kind of sick and blah on the inside.
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