Long Run - 12 Miles

The past week I've been sick. I doubt it was the flu, I'm thinking it was more a cold than anything. Headache, phlegm draining into my throat, making it sore. As a result, my last gym workout was last Monday (seven days), and my last run was a week ago yesterday (eight days). Since I was feeling better, and marathon training starting next week, it was time.

So I ran 12 miles. Why 12? I probably would have run 14 except thanks to not running yesterday, I had to run before church today. I didn't have near as much time, so I cut it short in order to have plenty of time to shower and get ready. It also worked because I wasn't tempted to overdue it, just getting over my cold.

I kept my pace to about 10 minutes per mile, and walked a few times along the way. I walked the first quarter-mile as a warmup. I stopped for a minute or so at the midpoint to eat a new gel, chocolate flavored Powerbar Gel. What was interesting there is I figured all the flavors would have the same consistency, but no. It was a lot thicker, closer to the chocolate GU.



Here are the splits.


Mile 1: 11:01.08
Mile 2: 9:04.39
Mile 3: 9:12.17
Mile 4: 9:45.19
Mile 5: 10:17.05
Mile 6: 10:00.67
Mile 7: 14:37.70
Mile 8: 9:48.22
Mile 9: 9:49.96
Mile 10: 9:46.69
Mile 11: 10:51.06
Mile 12: 10:05.37

2:04:35, 10:21/mi, 1304 calories burned