Notes
Sunny,cool, but warming up fast. Plan was to go 15 miles on the ATV to see how my back would feel. Looped around the parking lot then headed out. Around miles 2 and 3 I could feel the sciatic pain starting to flare up. But after a couple more miles it actually felt better. The first couple miles I felt pretty crappy but it was probably due to putting a fence and Chris' house all weekend, which is why I am running today. Ran most of the hills all the way out and tried to run the tangents for less steps. Stopped a few times to take some pictures. After an hour I had a GU. I turned around at 7.5 miles at the start of the Pine Loop trail and headed back. My back was still ok but I was getting tired so I had a second GU. I started marching up most of the hills. I didn't run the tangents as much and had to run the easiest path. Once I got back to the Bradford intersection I ran started running more of the hills. Once I got back to the Ledges I had a third GU. It was work running the last 3 miles but I tried to keep the pace steady. Finished in just over 3 hours so I was pretty happy with that but the pace was too fast for 20 miles plus the single track. I got greedy on the hills on the way out. I need to march more and run a bit slower. My back felt ok and my hip never flared up so that was good. It was a really nice morning but it was pretty warm when I finished. Good training run.
Gear: compression shorts, shorts, short tech T, head band, water pack