Saturday Sandwich and Nakedness!

RUN: 6.48mi, 9:05m/m, ave 141bpm
RUN: 6.39mi, 9:21m/m, ave 147 bpm
BIKE: 48 mins, just under 10 miles, easy
RUN: 4.44 mi, 9:07m/m, 145bpm

TH and I met up for this sammie. My goal was a slightly slower pace than last week's sammie, to have run #3 be the same pace as run #1, and to test the hydration backpack.

Success all around! Last week we ran 8:53 for the first 6 miles, this week 9:05.
It would have been nice to have run #2 be like #1, but oh well.
And the hydration pack is something I need to learn to wear.

The morning was finally a cool one (although not cold like a lady at the VC was saying!). It was so refreshing! The first lap went great, unremarkable. The 2nd lap I wore the backpack. It's heavy, but like TH said it won't be heavy the entire run because I'll be drinking out of it! We didn't drink out of this one, just wore it to feel the weight. It was a distraction, but not a problem. Which means I just need to grow used to it. It will be very helpful to have one for the upcoming long runs! I don't like so much the handheld and the fuelbelt only holds so much.

So I'm not sure why run #2 was slightly slower, but each mile was just a few seconds slower. Maybe it's because we ran the 2nd loop counterclockwise like on the track!? We ran into SaMu at the end, she said NK was out running. We decided to find her on the bikes and heckle her a bit.

The goal was easy, but maybe we took this too easy! Puppy loves the park :)

The final run was going to be 4-6 miles, take them as they come. We didn't need the mileage, we just needed the transition back to running. We hit the 2mi point, wavered between turning around and going past the zoo, chose the zoo, and were rewarded by running into TB!  A nice IB'er morning :)

I didn't know when we finished that we'd hit 17.3 miles total, my math just isn't that good in-run. But right afterwards I felt great, even though I had to stop by work and I didn't get home until an hour later. This also means I didn't eat until later too, by the time I got home I was ravenous/sick. I really gotta watch out for that, then I eat too much and feel sick again!

Later on we saw the WNBR with friends. Yuck. But fun!

Next week the 18 miles won't be "broken" up by the bike ride. Straight through!