It just occurred to me that today's 20 miler was the longest run since the 2007 Mount Dessert Island Marathon. What occurred to me was I also ran that one with Bill!
Our goal was to run as close to a 10:30 pace as possible, but after walking a minute after each mile ( I think we may have missed our walk on one mile) our over all pace for the 20 miles was 10:59 with a max of 7:42. Don't ask, I have no idea!
We started with the 11:00 pace group which is supposed to run a minute slower for the first two miles. At any rate, here are our splits: 11:31, 11:19, 10:36, 10:12, 10:39, 10:12, 10:45, 10:45, 10:56, 10:42, 10:21, 10:26, 10:31, 10:41, 10:37, 10:48, 11:51, 11:37, 11:59, and a cool down mile of 13:11. It really wasn't a legitimate cool down mile, but that damn last mile was mostly uphill and we were beat plus Bill was having trouble with some kind of groin soreness. So, I'm calling it a cool down mile!
I was surprised at our consistency after the two warm up miles, but you can tell we were getting tired around mile 17 when the pace dropped to high elevens.
Still, we were pretty darn proud of ourselves for completing this long run. At this point, baring any surprise set back, I figure a 4:30 marathon is possible in Dallas. Yeah, I'm an optimist!.....Mike
P.S. I learned something about Bill today. He is a determined/stubborn runner! He hung in there with that groin problem bothering him for about the last five miles. I kept asking him if he wanted to walk and he declined.
He was determined to finish that 21 miles (he ran a mile before we started) without having to stop, other than our one minute walk at each mile. I have a lot of respect for that kind of attitude. We can rest when we get old!
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