Notes
Glad to have this one in the books. Ran fairly strong throughout but the last 3 to 4 miles were pretty tough because the temps started climbing(over 60 degrees) and i was cooked at that point. Ran strong early on(too strong i was a rolling down the Kan Tpk feeling good right at an 8 min pace thru 7 or 8 miles i think then i started doing the math and i would have to run 23 or 24 miles at that pace to get the time on my feet that i was looking for on this one, so I slowed it down a bit going up MacCorkle and across the Patrick Street Bridge. The long stretch up the blvd starting getting tough towards the capitol and the 35th street bridge really hurt for the 17th mile but i was able to pick it up going down the other side of the bridge. I was glad to see fellow DM'er Brian who helped a lot and gave me a little bit of water(all that i needed at that point) to get me to the 20 to 21 mark. I was really wanting 22 on this one and i would have been fine if the temps had not climbed as high as they did(it was 66 at the finish of the run). I am really pleased to run a pretty tough 20+ today to cap off a 87 mile week. I was thinking about doing a 2 week taper keeping this week at a high mileage week and conclude it w/my last 20 next Sunday, but i could feel the accumulation of the weeks of high mileage at the end of this run, and i will probably go ahead and cut the mileage back some this week and get a solid LR next week maybe 15 to 17 miles w/some at MP and give my body a good break on the volume and focus a little more on the intensity for the next 3 weeks. Splits for the run:8:13,8:08,8:03,8:24,7:54,7:57,7:44,7:59,7:55,8:01,8:05,8:26,8:17,8:19,8:10,8:09,8:21,7:58,8:05,8:05,and 8:09