Week Eleven - Long Run
Today could really be summed up in just one word: HOT.
I was supposed to go 18 miles, but about one third of the way in I was so parched and ravaged by the sun beating on me that I nearly quit...not only this run but my complete training regimen, and my hope of doing Grandma's again this year. So I let myself walk for a few minutes, and realized I better try to go farther.
At that point I decided to pay less attention to distance and more to total time, and that I would run three hours. That's it—not a step more. So I turned around at 1.5 hours, and took a slightly shorter way back for a change of scenery.
It wasn't a spectacular time today, but it's certainly one of those brutal runs where you realize that the marathon itself can't possibly be any worse. It's these runs that are the true competition.
(I also realized that I will never again run a long distance in the afternoon when it's forecast to be hot!)
Run stats:
- 16.45 mi.
- 3:00:12
- 10:57 min./mi.
- 2392 calories
- 153 avg. heart rate
- Miles to date: 179.76