Notes
My first fast finish long run in a while. I did 8 miles easy, and then 8 miles at "marathon pace". That's in quotes because there is no way I could have continued running today for another 10 miles at that pace. I guess I went a bit too hard during this, but that's alright. This happens a lot when starting a training program. The first harder run feels too hard. Typically, you're supposed to ease into it and go faster in later training runs but I somehow got it in my head that 7:45 is where I'm at for a marathon which is not true. The first few miles seemed alright but then with a few left, it was a lot more like tempo effort and then at the end with that hill at the end it was close to race effort, because at the point I was just like lets finish this thing and for some freaking reason I cannot end going slower once I start to go faster.
But, my legs feel good. The weather was nice and this was an early morning weekend run for me which is pretty sweet. This is another 50 mile week and I'm on my way to breaking my monthly miles record. :) {custom2,35.6} {testing,30}