This week, I was really dreading this 15 mile run. I feel like my training schedule was about 3 weeks too long. I’m just ready to run Boston at this point. Tapering is always hard mentally.
I met up with Peter and once we started running, it felt really good. We kept saying “Thank god we only have to run 15 miles this week”. hahaha That sounds kind of funny, doesn’t it? I got a little tired by the end, but I finished strong. I fueled better this week and had more to eat during the run. I even tried (and liked) the chocolate GU that I brought with me. I was worried it would mess up my stomach, but it was great. Not a burst of energy, but it prevented me from “dipping below”, so I guess it did it’s job.
Sadly, no pictures this week, it was all business. My splits were not impressive, but for a taper week, not bad either.
SPLITS:
Mile 1 – 11:20
Mile 2 – 11:38
Mile 3 – 13:43
Mile 4 – 12:27
Mile 5 – 12:08
Mile 6 – 13:01
Mile 7 – 12:58
Mile 8 -13:29
Mile 9 -12:58
Mile 10 -13:19
Mile 11 – 13:23
Mile 12 – 13:49
Mile 13 – 13:09
Mile 14 – 13:13
Mile 15 -12:42
The pace was pretty consistent, but we had a lot of friends out on the course today, and I was a little bit chatty, so those slower miles were probably “social hour” ones. 🙂 And we made a few stops to the car to refill water too.
Also worth noting, Peter is faster than me, and actually started running ahead and back towards the end… he added almost a whole mile onto the total! AND he even ran the LA Marathon last week. Something to aspire to. He’s a great running Buddy! Thanks, Peter!
PS. It BETTER not be as hot in Boston as it was in LA today. Too hot to run! (in my warm-blooded opinion!)
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