21 miles
Took me forever! I am not happy with my time, but I guess I did finish, so maybe I should just suck it up! I need to stop skipping my weekday workouts b/c it is clearly showing in my long runs.
I abandoned my built-in walk breaks from the start and just walked whenever I needed, and I definitely was struggling at the end. Maybe the regular walk breaks aren’t so bad afterall. Also, I stopped 1/2 way and ate lunch and took Advil which was a good move, but I still had trouble running out of gas around 18 miles. The gels just don’t carry me passed about the 17 mile mark so I’m gonna have to figure out something different with eating. Once my brain is short on food, it gets downright belligerent.
I have to admit, I am really starting to wonder if I can finish this thing. I hope the excitement and scenery of the marathon will help distract me and carry me along when I have these moments of wanting to give up.
Workout:
- Type: Run
- Date: 11/15/2009
- Time: 09:08:17
- Total Time: 4:35:12.53
- Calories: 1730
- Distance: 21 miles
- Average Pace: 13:06.03/mile
- Max Pace: 6:20.15/mile
- Ascent: 1,764.62 ft
- Descent: 1,745.31 ft
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