Fast Finish, How About Fast Start...

Workout: Fast Finish Long Run: 14 to 16 miles

Well I don’t know about the fast finish part, but the long run was true enough. Last night I was out really late which probably wasn’t my best decision, but it was St Patrick’s day and I’m only human.

Waking up at 6:00 this morning was a little challenging but actually not bad. I drank a lot of water last night which seemed to help. It was a really beautiful day. It was bout 30 and sunny which is great. I think the hard part was that I started out way too fast. I ran with the Grand Rapids Runners again and hooked up Allison who I ran with a couple weeks ago. I thought that would work out well because we seemed to be at the same pace then. Well today she must have been feeling racy because we were clipping off 8:00/m miles. Luckily she was only running 10 miles so after 5 she turned around and I could slow it down a bit as I wad to run a lot further. But by then the damage was done. So instead of a fast finish I prefer to call this a fast start.

My legs were pretty weary at the end but I got through it. I forgot to take Gu with me this morning, mostly because I haven’t been using it. But at about 12 miles I really could have used some. I’ll be sure to remember it next time.

What a week. I have one run left and am at 43.19 miles. If I can handle 7 tomorrow I’ll be at 50. That would be cool. I seem to remember being sore for a couple of days after my last 16 miler run so we’ll see. No reason to get hurt now.

16.19 miles/2:29:21/Avg 9:13