Just completed the first 13 miler of 2012. It was a cloudy day with some sporadic rain in between. I started from home to Torrey pines beach and back, with a total elevation gain of 1120 ft and same lost. I did fine for most of the run, halfway through I started back up the steep 1mile 8% slope of torrey pines. Then onto a 3% slope for 1 mile to end of the golf course. Certainly those parts are still challenging. On a lighter note I did not feel any cramps after 12 miles as I have felt last year. The only thing that bothered me was the weight of the water bottle i was carrying, maybe I need to experiment with camel back or something else. My run was strong for the first half and got slower towards the second half. Ideally my second half should be the faster one but the torrey pines 2 mile hill climb of 500 ft is a challenge. All in all my run was at 6.0 mph, and finished faster by 3 and 5 minutes than el paso and La jolla half marathons respectively. Also on this particular route my previous best was pace of 10:47 min/mi as compared to 10:00 min/mi i did today, so a nice improvement !
Today marks end of march and finished the month with 130 miles and I am quite happy with what I was able to do. I have decided that once a month I need to run 13+ miles and other days try to run 8-9 miles to keep my strength. Perhaps next weekend I will do a shorter 7 miler to give my legs some time to recover. Of course I will still be running during the week, shorter runs 3-4 miles should be enough.
Today marks end of march and finished the month with 130 miles and I am quite happy with what I was able to do. I have decided that once a month I need to run 13+ miles and other days try to run 8-9 miles to keep my strength. Perhaps next weekend I will do a shorter 7 miler to give my legs some time to recover. Of course I will still be running during the week, shorter runs 3-4 miles should be enough.
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