Notes
First half = easy-ish. Second half = moderate
Ugh. Well, the good news is I got it done. The bad news, it felt really awful.
The first 10 were fine, but I really struggled in the second half. At first I didnt know why -- I was struggling mentally and just wasn't feeling very energetic. But then I slowly figured out what was going on ... my asthma was kicking in. Not entirely sure why - it usually only bothers me when the humidity and dew points are high, and neither were high today. Only thing I can think of is my allergies have been really bad the last week, so maybe that was part of it?
Anyways, I felt meh from mile 11-14 or so, then all of a sudden I started coughing a lot and struggling to get any good deep breaths. I could breathe, but really shallow. When I'd stop, I'd try to take a few good deep breaths, but then I'd start coughing. The last 4 miles felt longer than the other 16 combined. I had to stop a lot to try and get some air. Apparently I need to run with my inhaler!
The good news is my legs were mostly pretty good. Felt some minor aches and pains here and there throughout the run, but nothing notable.