Notes
With the Madison long run group! Well, specifically Ryan since I'm generally game to push harder than is wise. Yay being young.
Loop was out and back along the planets, starting from Verona's downtown shelter and turning around at the Regent Panera (or thereabouts). Originally, was kind of hoping for the full 22 to get to the Sun, but it was also pushing 80 by 9 AM and I was a tiny bit underfueled at the start.
Second half was an exercise in structural collapse and figuring out how to hang on. Stopped at mile 13 ish for a pee, then refilled bottles at 14.5, then iced down at 16, but all of the stopping and starting was really just delaying the immediate crash. Finished up and was pretty shelled. Then felt better after getting a Mtn Dew from the vending machine and finishing that off over the next 30 minutes.
Note - if I'm going to run 20 with the Madison long run folks, I probably shouldn't be up reading until almost 10:30... The turnaround was a little tight. Overall, for the first 20 in a long while, this was solid. I do need to keep working on pushing the long run pace back while I'm not running workouts though. That said, Ryan is in much better shape for these, so I was definitely being the voice of reason/anchor.