Ummm so this run basically and completely unintentionally turned into an unaided half marathon PR. I haven't ran an unaided half since Aug 2011 so thats not saying much but still.....
13 miles/1:35:29/7:21 pace. I started a little later this morning to attempt to acclimate to the heat a bit for the marathon next week. The plan was to run up Payson canyon one last time with the first 8 miles easy-moderate pace and the last 4 at half marathon tempo. First 8 miles were 7:58 (lame headwind that made me want to quit and crawl back into bed.), 7:30, 7:25, 7:35 (uphill), 7:21, 7:40 (uphill), 7:59 (uphill), 8:02. And then it was time to start the tempo. I was tired from the harder than normal effort up the canyon and did not know what to expect 6:39, 6:40, 6:51, 6:29. Started my cooldown and realized about a half mile in that I was basically setting an unaided half PR so I decided to speed up 7:21.
This was a tough run and I feel like I pushed myself a little harder than I wanted to but overall a good last LR. No fuel or hydration for the run and it was definitely getting hot towards the end. | 