Thursday, June 3, 2010

14 milesssssss

I'm very tired so I'm going to go take a nap soon but I wanted to update the blog on my newest long run :D. But, since I"m lacking energy this will be a very short straight-to-the-point highlights post. Hope you don't mind!

  • 14 miles
  • 2 hrs 32 min 10:53/mile pace
  • Faster than my pace for my last 12 miler, and recent 10 miler! Pretty awesome.
  • Food:
    • Sharkies organic energy chews during run (awesome as always)
    • We had a horrible storm last night and no power so my "pre long run dinner" last night ended up being cold pasta and peanut butter and jelly. I might have to remember that, apparently it worked well :D
    • I took Robyn from Running Circles Around Turtles' advice and put a fat free egg product on my english muffin before the run this morning (just eggbeaters microwaved in a mug into a circular shape). I definitely think this was an amazing idea, I felt like my breakfast energy lasted much longer than normal (normally I just have two plain english muffins - today I had one english muffin w/1 scrambled egg beater on it)
  • At 13.1 miles I threw up my hands and yelled "I just ran a half marathon!!!!!" it was pretty awesome.
  • Ironic I had a nightmare about cockroaches last night and I saw an unreasonable amount of them on the road today.. Nasty
  • Friend joined me for the last 4 miles.... it was nice being able to break it up in my mind as a 10 miler and a 4 miler with a friend
  • No "targeted" pain (shins and IT band felt okay) just overall achiness...
Overall? Great run!

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14 comments:

  1. Amazing! You Run girl! Congratulations on a great long run...amazing pace and you were able to get faster as the run went on....awesome!

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  2. You are awesome! That is an amazing pace (so jealous). You are going to rock this marathon!

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  3. Holy EFF!!! Way to go....that is awesome!! I hope to be throwing up my hands at a 13.1 mile mark rather soon....possibly this weekend if I'm feeling frisky :)

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  4. Awesome job! I was thinking the same thing! Jeeze you just ran a half!!!

    Good pace too. Totally respectable half time. You are really flying ahead with your training :)

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  5. GRRRRRRRRRRRREAT!!!!

    JunieB

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  6. You've been commenting on my blog lately and I just wanted to say thank you - you've been really motivating!

    That's an awesome pace and I SO would have done
    the same thing at 13.1! I just picked up Sharkies this weekend and am excited to use them on my next loooong run!

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  7. "At 13.1 miles I threw up my hands and yelled "I just ran a half marathon!!!!!" it was pretty awesome." -- LOVE IT!!!!!

    Great job!

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  8. Congratulations on the PDR!

    For a second, I thought that your dinner was PB & J ON cold pasta, which sounds wholly unappealing...

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  9. another goal off the list!!! excellent pacing by the way, I'm always impressed on how you're able to finish so strong!

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  10. Impressive run! I fully agree about having a friend along for PART of a long run making all the difference in the world. I once had a friend join me on miles 2-4 of a 10 miler. After he left I thought "I just have to do a 10k on my own."

    Anything over 10 gets hard for me. Get it!

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  11. Yay! Great job on your run, Ms. Lauren! :) Glad to hear the egg/mini bagel idea worked well for you. I always notice a difference w/ energy levels.

    Weird about the cockroaches. I had one last week about them, and thankfully DIDN'T seem them the next day. Yuck. But you know our FL rains bring them OUT....

    I agree with inspiredtorun13 - anything over 10 starts to feel hard for me (mentally and physically).

    Congrats on your 'half-marathon!' Woo Hoo!

    HUGS! See you Tues am for group training. :)

    rob.

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  12. wow! How did I miss this?? You ran a 1/2 marathon girl!!!! I'm incredibly amazed by you right now! :) You're my super hero lol.

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  13. Wow! That is awesome mileage! Congrats! Hope you did something awesome to celebrate =)

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