Longest run in VFF, and only one casualty - at 14.25 miles, I landed with a rock right in the middle of the ball of my right foot (my good foot); It felt felt like something burst and a hot,wet sensation ran across the bottom of my foot and up the sides - I kept looking down to see if my shoes was becoming saturated with blood. Up the canyon and back. I wanted my
pace for the 1st half faster than my previous marathon pace (7:54 - but for some reason I though it was 7:56 so that's what I was shooting for...) and
for the 2nd half I wanted my pace faster than BQ pace (7:17). So 15.6 miles in 1:58:25.8 (7:35.5 pace) was the target with 1/2 splits of 1:01:37.2 and 56:48.6 15.6 163/178 1:53:40 (7:17 pace! - That's BQ pace!) (dist) hr time (pace) 145 8:26.3 (.8) 156 6:18.9 (7:54) 163 8:21.7 162 8:04.6 161 7:51.6 - ran about .1 miles while talking to another runner who was trying to find the canyon where TOU starts... 159 7:44 159 7:48.8 164 7:23.4 - sprinted the end of this mile trying to hit my incorrect target of 1:01:53. Actual time to 7.8 miles was 1:01:59. Also, the sprint made my turn around a bit of an overshoot, but in 15.6 miles, what's a few more yards??? Average pace was 7:57.
162 7:19.0 164 6:52.9 165 6:51.3 167 6:39.6 170 6:24.8 174 5:59.6 (0.8) 176 4:58.0 (6:12.5) - in the middle of this I stepped on the rock - no blood or blister... 175 6:35.7 - 51:47 split, with a 6:38 pace!
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