Welp, that’s about it. I mean, I have two more weeks till Lehigh, but that was the last long run.
I followed a very similar plan to what I did to prepare for Hands On House Half, a little over 6 months ago. Comparing this long run to the same one I did then, I have improved. I am for sure faster, and I felt pretty decent afterward, although for a couple of hours there my legs got pretty stiff. The heart rates are similar but these 12 miles where done at a 45 second faster pace.
So, what is the plan?! I don’t know honestly. At this point, I think I am going to run a 9 minute first mile and see what happens.
My neighbor Heather and her soon to be husband Brad came along for the ride. Heather is really doing well, very cool. And Brad is apparently the fastest cyclist of all time, as he kept taking off on side roads and beating us to the next intersection. It was nice to have all the company. I remember a lot of lonely runs when I trained for HoH.
So that will be it. Taper for two weeks, break 2 hours at Lehigh, and then get ready to fun run for a few months before I begin training for Harrisburg.
I am currently planning to take a week off after Lehigh so I can rest this knee that has been giving me problems. I will ride the bike and hit the hiking trails and long walks I think, but no running for a week. Then I will come back from that and if I still have pain, off to the doc I go for some x-rays.
1 Mile splits: 9:53, 9:35, 9:32, 9:37, 9:42, 9:44, 9:31, 10:01, 9:42, 9:51, 9:54, 9:47
Some stats:
Distance: 12.02 Miles
Time: 1:56:58 (pace: 9:43)
Average Heart Rate: 148 bpm
Calories Burned: 1711
nice run man… very cool. I think 9s are conservative. But, you’ll have plenty of time to pick it up if need be.
Nice to hear it felt better than the 12 miler you ran in September and titled “2 hours on the pain train”.
Impressive run!
Hurrah for tapering!