Made up Monday's 5 by adding it to today's 8. It took me just about as long to run today's 13 than it did Monday's 15 - only about 9 minutes less. I also was only able to run 1 mile (Mile 1) faster than the 15's whole pace of 9:05. (Mile 1 was 8:40). I did have a couple of 9:06's. After 8 miles, all the miles were under 9:17. I felt pretty good with this time, because I knew the previous run would affect this one. And I was right! After Mile 8, it went downhill (or should I say I felt like I was always running "uphill"?) I was able to keep 9 and 10 under 10:00 - 9:53 and 9:46, but it was over after that. Mile 11 was 10:21. During Miles 12 and 13, I had to walk some, slowing my times to 12:30 and 11:57. Total time: 2:07:17. Pace: 9:47.
This run helped prove that I am NOT ready for a marathon. In two runs that covered 3 days, I was still forced to walk. I probably walked about the 1.8 mile difference between my 28 miles and the 26.2 of a marathon. There's no way I could run 26.2 continuously; I could barely do it with a 48 hour break.
Wow
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