Testing?

Testing? is this thing on? anyone there? heh.
I'm taking a blogging break but i will stop back from time to time. maybe once a week? we'll see.

18 miles today! i don't really remember what happened. you ever have a long run like that? what i most remember is that the last 2 miles were pretty tough. i forgot to buy gu shots earlier in the week too so that was a bummer. i had no food in my place. i literally stopped at the grocery store on my way to the run spot to get some bananas. i ate a couple in the car on the way. i bought some gummi bears too and ate some when i was in the mid teens (miles). they don't really seem to do anything for me so i won't add them to my list of long run necessities.

fortunately a running store was sponsoring a runners booth/tables near the area where i park. they had a box full of hundreds of gu shots. i took one but i felt guilty. are you sure these are free, i asked. yup. ok i guess i'll take one i said. i wish i would have grabbed 2 shots now. oh well. it was mocha mocha with caffeine and it tasted REALLY good, somewhere around 10 or 11 miles. i think anything tastes good after running 10 miles though. regardless, it hit the spot. i tried to suck every last ounce out of that thing. mmmmmm. i have never had mocha mocha because they are always out of stock at my running store. i see why.

i remember stopping at my car for gatorade somewhere between 15-16 miles.

oh wait i also remember going around one of the lakes twice for the first time. i have decided that it has the nicest dirt paths out of the 3 lakes.

well i am disappointed that i crashed at the end but i learned from it. i felt strong for the first part of the run.

my heart rate is really improving now. it basically stayed below 150 for 10+ miles. never hit 170. went into the 160's at the end of the run. the overall average was 151 but that is a little misleading because it dips down to the mid 130's when i stop for water.

see you next week!

10:24
10:18
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10:28
10:22
10:22
10:04
10:08
10:04
10:37
12:05 (mocha mocha!! mmmm i held out as long as i could with the gu shot; made it 11 miles!)
10:36
10:25
11:44 water breaks.
10:28
12:59 gatorade stop at my car. getting weary. only 3 miles left man, cake walk.
11:25 feel like crap here. you are almost done. keep going. 2 miles is nothing. at this point on marathon day you will have about 9 more miles to run man. suck it up.
11:47 that mile sucked but you are done! good job me!

10:55 for an extra 0.21 mile just to make sure my polar will say i went 18 (sometimes it rounds down)
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3:17:01.4

21:43 pace to walk a mile back to my car. sore, tired, sore, tired. oh my butt is sore. oh my calves are burning up. oh i wish i could run back to my car because this is taking forever but i have nothing left to give.
the end! see you next week!


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