Notes
This was a good run and a good end to a high mileage week. After I ran 4 miles this morning with the dogs, Dan S. ran 2.2 miles with his dogs which tied us at 72.4 miles for the week. We had talked about running 18 miles on the trail earlier in the week but would wait to see how we felt. Since 18 miles would put us over 90 miles, we really didn't have any choice but to just do it. I'm always up for a crazy challenge so this was fine with me. Also, after yesterday's 22 miler I was feeling decent other than feeling like maybe I shouldn't have eaten all of those jelly beans last night. Also, this morning I was feeling really hot and on the way to the run I was feeling cold and had the heat cranked up even though it was 55F outside.
Dan H. joined us for the first 6.7 miles on the Gans Creek side. Then Dan S. and I ran about 2.3 more miles mostly in the grassland area on that side to complete the first half. Then we ran the 9 mile Deer Run loop at a decent pace considering I think we were both ready for this to be over by the last couple miles.
M1 - 10:21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .M10 - 8:53
M2 - 9:37 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .M11 - 9:23
M3 - 9:08 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .M12 - 9:02
M4 - 10:35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M13 - 8:42
M5 - 9:26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .M14 - 9:05
M6 - 10:14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .M15 - 8:41
M7 - 9:21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .M16 - 8:54
M8 - 8:35. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .M17 - 8:54
M9 - 9:12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M18 - 8:45
1:26:33 - 9:37/mi avg pace 1:21:16 - 9:01/mi avg pace
After finishing we took a short walk and talked awhile. By the time we left I was shivering and it was 59F. Got in the car and turned the heat as high as it would go. Got out of the car and surprisingly legs felt great, but I think I will skip my 11:58 pm 0.1 mile run with the dogs that I was planning to do later.