Week -15 - Long Run - 15 miles

15.01 miles Garmin link
2:09:01
8:36 pace (8:45 target)

Was tired this morning and did not much feel like a long run. But I want to stick to this program, so hit the road anyway. It was on the slow side, but still within the program target pace of 8:45. I ran around the Pharmacy School campus and Clark Park before setting off down 45th street, adding a couple of miles at the beginning of the route, so was close to the 15 mile target at the end of the rec path, where I hit 13 last week.

Hot and sticky, especially when the sun came out. It has been raining all week, and there is a lot of humidity in the air. Since it seemed to work so well last week, I downed a Gu pack at about 7 miles, but did not get the same sustained energy between 8 and 13 that powered last week's run.

It probably was not the best thing physically to run 18 miles instead of 13 last week, but mentally it will make next week's 17-miler possible. Today I was wiped out at 15, and without last week's 18-miler under my belt, next weeks run would be daunting.

Yesterday was the first sunny evening all week so I got to the pool and swam 2000 meters. I did 2000 after dark last Monday, too, making the bare minimum cross training this week.