WAIT. It's Just EIGHT on the 8th? I thought it was supposed to be EIGHTEEN.
Crap. :)
In any case, I had an AMAZING run today.
Karen and I headed to Roseville to do our 18-miler. I was really, really nervous because I didn't think I was mentally prepared. It seems like it just snuck up on me. Shouldn't I be doing a 12-miler or something short and easy? 18? Really?
Really.
But all went well. Better than well. The run was Freaking Great. I felt good. I felt fast. I felt strong. The pace felt perfect.
We started out slow and steady. Kim ran with us for the first three miles but her knee started to bother her, so she turned around. Get well soon, Kim!!
I didn't realize it, but as soon as she split, we picked up the pace.
And we kept picking it up the entire run.
I just reread my recap from the last "first" 18 miler of the marathon season (and it was also with Karen) - wow. What a difference four months makes. I went from a 10:43 average pace to a 10:07. That's 36 seconds per mile. That's kind of a big deal for me.
Guess I was mentally ready after all.
8/9/08
Mile 1: 10:44
Mile 2: 10:45
Mile 3: 10:37
Mile 4: 10:12
Mile 5: 10:22
Mile 6: 9:58
Mile 7: 10:02
Mile 8: 10:02
Mile 9: 9:58
Mile 10: 10:08
Mile 11: 9:56
Mile 12: 10:09
Mile 13: 9:57
Mile 14: 10:02
Mile 15: 9:42
Mile 16: 9:56
Mile 17: 9:56
Mile 18: 9:43
Average pace: 10:07
Total time: 3:02:16
Average HR: 163
Three words to describe this run: Eye-Opening, Speedy, Delicious
Labels: Race Reports, Running
4 Comments:
Oh my 18 miles??? I'm in awe of you!!!
Awesome job! And I can't believe you are already up to 18 mile runs - isn't Nike like two months away still?! Gees, I guess if you throw in three weeks of taper, it isn't really all that far away...
you are awesome!!! way to ROCK the 18 miler!
I get 79:21 for the last 8 miles of your run or 1:19:21...?? I hope that is right. Let me know if you have a different time to post. I'm working on the race report.
Thanks so much for joining us. Cute blog!
Nancy
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