This is the longest run I've done other than the marathon. I kept the pace easy and the idea was to run as long as I will during the marathon. 2:50 or so. My childhood home in Taylorsville is about 11 miles away so I decided to go there. I'm sure as a kid, I could never imagine running downtown and back. It wasn't a great run. I think the slow pace is taxing and I felt worse at mile 20 of this than last week going 40 seconds a mile faster. I kept the pace even and steady: 2:50:57 total with 500 ft of climb or so. In google docs, I have green runs, yellow runs and red runs (did it and liked it, did it and hated it, didn't do it respectively). I have a remarkably good record of green runs, but this is my first yellow long run. |