26.2 3:23:41 155 To TOU 14-26.2, house, 1st Dam 10k turnaround, house + 5 seconds to get to 26.2 My sister has a TOU half entrance that she will not be able to use. She will sell it for $38 (I think that's what she said). Comment if you are interested and we'll figure out a way for you to temporarily become my sister Jen (age 26). Back to my report. Today was supposed to be a 20 mile progression run, but somewhere around mile 8, I decided I would go 26.2. The route I had planned was going to be 24.19, so adding 2 more miles on the TOU course was easy enough, then another 0.01 was trivial... Today's Run 2 Weeks ago 4 Weeks ago 26.2 3:23:14 24.2 3:11:10 17.81 2:13:18 8:53.4 140 8:41.9 144 7:49.8 144 8:19..7 141 8:30.6 149 7:21.9 159 8:07.5 148 8:38.1 149 7:37.6 160 - *gatorade 8:00.5 146 8:10.1 151 7:28.0 159 2:10.0 149 0.25 2:10.5 155 2:03.5 160 - TOU 20 Mark 8:06.9 147 8:26.3 154 7:42.6 160 - TOU 20-19 gu + water 8:10.6 149 8:15.9 156 7:19.5 164 - 19-18 8:08.1 152 8:19.9 151 7:41.6 162 - 18-17 gatorade 8:05.1 152 8:14.5 154 - 17-16 8:03.6 154 8:12.3 154 - 16-15 gatorade, headwind 8:32.3 157 - 15-14 - turn around, big head wind 7:34.9 148 - 14-15 gu + water, Hollow Road (gentle down + tail wind) 7:42.9 149 7:31.1 159 - 15-16 7:30.3 151 7:44.8 156 - 16-17 gatorade 7:24.3 153 7:33.8 157 7:18.7 161 - 17-18 (Pop stop at Maverick) 7:48.3 150 8:00.5 157 7:41.4 165 - 18-19 (18-20 are a bit uphill) - forgot gatorade 7:32.1 155 7:48.9 159 7:42.8 164 - 19-20 gatorade 7:11.1 154 7:20.2 160 7:20.5 164 - 20-21 (downhill mile) 7:29.5 155 7:26.8 163 7:21.2 167 - 21-22 (21-23.7 are a bit of an incline) gu + water 7:33.1 159 7:37.5 167 7:28.1 169 - 22-23 7:07.6 163 7:18.2 165 7:05.2 171 - 23-24 (end of 23 is down into Logan) gatorade 7:10.7 163 7:07.1 167 6:55.9 173 - 24-25 7:08.6 166 7:08.5 170 7:00.5 174 - 25-26 0.2 1:35.6 166 1:35.3 172 1:32.2 176 - 26-26.2 gatorade 0.14 1:06.0 163 1:05.2 172 1:02.7 175 1.1 8:20.0 167 8:18.4 172 8:44.2 171 7:49.6 168 7:51.0 171 - gatorade - to 1st Dam 2/3rds of the way into this mile, slight energy depletion and some tight, almost cramping legs. 0.25 2:06.9 168 1:56.1 175 No one to catch this time... 0.25 1:57.2 165 2:12.5 169 gatorade, gearing up for last 'fast' mile 6:50.1 166 7:51.9 164 0.01 0:04.7 167 another 100th to get an even 26.2 *consumed after the miles they follow I'm happy about this run for a few different reasons: 1. My fastest marathon ever! (if you don't count the POP stop at Maverick, which I don't because I'm usually awake 3 hours before a marathon and have never had a time consuming POP stop in a race) 2. I got up at 4:00 (planned on 4:20, but my crying daughter woke me early), got ready, ate a bowl of Frosted Shredded Wheats and was out the door before 4:30, so I saw at least 15 meteors of the Perseids Meteor Shower, and made it to work at a decent time. (I did wear a head lamp so I could find mile markers and check my HR at each one, but otherwise it was not turned on). 3. I used 8 oz. of water, 3 packets of Gu and about 20 oz. of Gatorade! My stomach felt a bit stretched after breakfast (after my run) and empty at 23.7, but for the most part was quite fine. 4. I didn't really focus on the progression portion (miles 20-26.2+), but my times still looked pretty good. 5. Best of all - after questioning whether I would even be able to do a long run after having knee problems (I've had knee problems since the 8th grade...) this week, I'm happy to report that there were only a few instances in this run when I really even noticed my knees (mostly my left). I was pretty tired the last 2 miles of this run, I could tell my posture was terrible running up the hill at the base of 1st Dam, so I worked on it.
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