Thought today would be the day that I would finally rack up my first double digit run even though I was only scheduled to run 9 miles. The run started off amazing and I was at 5 miles. I checked my Runkeeper and I was running full marathon pace without even breaking a sweat and had nearly all of my water left.
Mile 6 was the turning point. I tried to dial back the pace because I knew I still had the hardest section of my run, which is all rolling hills and 2 huge uphill sections. Pace dropped to 11:00 then 12:00 and finally 13:00 and I was only at 7.5 miles. I was able to stay at 11:00 pace for the whole run which is my target but ended up crashing at 9.2 miles.
Normally I would be happy because I extended my longest run ever today but at mile 5 I really thought I could hang on for the full 10 miles. I guess there is always next week...
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