RUN 12.7 miles in 3hours. YIKES!
DC and TH did this together. After a tired week of trying to recover but not managing it I planned to run 3-4hrs today. Screw the mileage, just go for time. Yeah, that's what I tell myself. But when I get out there I can't help but look at the mileage.
It worries me a bit that I only ran about 13 miles..I'm training for 26.2 and 50K so how does 13 help me!?
I need to be patient, and rational here. Hard to do during a taper, I know, but think about it. The run felt great and I'm very certain that under rested conditions I could have gone all day. Isn't that the goal? I'm trained to go all day. When rested.
Simple math! REST!
I planned this run a few weeks ago after hearing about the "toughest" trail in the area--GreenRock. It had a black diamond on the trail signs--yikes! This is my new favorite trail--rugged, hilly, rocky, switchbacks, wide, narrow, sloped. You're so busy watching the trail that you fail to look up and appreciate the steep valleys, the thick trees, the lack of sun from all the trees, and the quiet solitude of no cars or human sounds in the distance. Ahhh.....LOVE IT.
I managed to not get injured, and when I came home later I wasn't all that sore. Perfect. Tired, but not sure. Easier recovery this way.
So I'm still a little mental about this long-run-that-wasn't-long. But I was in a "cardio zone" for 3hrs. That's damned fine. Besides, would running 20 miles on those trails help me in OKC?? One side of my head knows it won't, but the other side worries otherwise.
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