I wanted to get me LR done today. I am headed up to a bball game in North SLC tonight and know I wont get home until close to midnight so I decided it would make sense to just get it done so I'm not worried about it tomorrow. I have never ran more than 12-13 miles on the treadmill but chose the treadmill for 3 reasons.
1. I don't like running outside in the dark alone.
2. I didn't want my leg to start bothering me halfway through and be stuck 6-8 miles from my house. I am stubburn and know I would have kept running.
3. It made sense to run on a soft flat surface since my shin has been bothering.
That said it went surprising well. I'm not sure if it was the IB profin 800 I took before the run or wearing my compression sleeves but my shin/calve hardly seemed to bother me which was a major relief. I kept the pace fairly consistent and ended with 16 miles in 2:06. I was definitely tiring out towards the end and have lots of work to do when it comes to endurance. Endurance is definitely my weakness but it felt good today to keep my pace consistent. I took a gel at mile 9 and kept the incline at 1% the entire run.
And I now have the weather report memorized for the next 3 days as well as everything going on with the political debate. Two straight hours of watching the news was a little much. :) |