Marathon Plan - Regressive Countdown - Week Thirteen
02/01/10 - 02/07/10 - Week Total: 33 miles
This week I ran my first 20-miler of the season. I decided not to watch my pace and have a peaceful easy feeling, courtesy of Eagles via My iPod. And though hard to believe, I watched the pace only a handful of times. That gave me freedom.
When I hit mile 10 (I know the course by heart, and know where every mile mark is) I decided to watch my time: 1:56:00, for an 11:36 min/mile. Good pace for my long run and I was feeling good.
Now, the next 10 miles proved to be different. I started to feel it, and to slow down. At mile 15 I was in 3:01 hours, pace now averaged 12:04. In this portion of my run, I had two pit stops: one, my husband saw me running and pulled over and offered me a bottle of lemon-lime water. I drank half a bottle. Half a mile later I wanted to puke and now I pulled myself over... from there I felt my pace dramatically going down but I pushed and persevered to finish my run. My motto: "Lizzie, just cover the distance, no matter the speed. It is the first 20-miler and you have 12 weeks to go!!!"
I finish my run in 4:03 for a 12:10 min/mile - which was not that bad considering it still was within the range on my long runs pace.
The initial Peaceful Easy Feeling didn't convey a Peaceful Easy Running. Neither my feelings nor my running were peaceful let alone easy. What 20-miler is?
3 comments:
Your first 20-miler in a while is going to be hard. Sounds like the lemon-lime water did not help, though!!
Way to hang in there with the 20 miler. You were exactly right....just get it done and take it easy!
Lizzie Lee - 20 milers are hard! Let up on yourself - they don't ever seem to be getting easier for me.
As for you doing a 30K - congrats! I think they're great training.
hope all is going well for you LL.
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