Notes
My intentions were to get out around 8:00 a.m. this morning for this long run. Pager went off at 7:45 for a structure fire. Didn't get back from that until around 10:40 a.m., quickly changed, drank a glass of water, a little coffee and had a couple of toasted strawberry flavored mini-bagels as I was starving and didn't want to puke out on this longer run. That was a mistake. Note to self... do not eat strawberry flavored bagels before any run of any distance ever again! GAG! I also took some Jelly Belly's which I had a few around mile 6 just to see how I would do with them. They were fine and seemed to help the leg fatigue (quads) I started having around that point and I didn't have any tummy issues with them. But, I think I am going to stick with the GU's on long runs. Easier to down for me and less hassle. Anywhoo... my legs were a bit fatigued I think from yesterday's harder effort, and, as it will be seen on my splits, I went faster then I had intended to for this run. BTW - I am now following the Higdon Intermediate II marathon training plan (more or less). Splits as follows:
Mile 1: 9:19
Mile 2: 9:15
Mile 3: 9:21
Mile 4: 9:19
Mile 5: 9:20
Mile 6: 9:22
Mile 7: 9:23
Mile 8: 9:21
Mile 9: 9:13
Mile 10: 9:04
Wow! I am pretty jacked about my consistency in pacing! I didn't think I would have been that consistent as I wasn't really paying attention to my splits until later in the run. Pretty cool. :-) Question is... can I do that for another 16.2 miles? Time will tell...