Once again, an early start on Saturday morning - I was out the door around 7am. Nice morning for running and I decided not to bring the Camelbak. Parked the car up outside a friends house and set off around 7.30am, on a new route just for a change. Fortunately, the majority of the run was downhill (actually it was really just the first mile or so - the rest was flat). Everything was going well until about 3 miles in and I got slightly lost but soon found my way.
Another slight wander of the track shortly after didn't help, but overall, things were going well up to around 7.5 miles in - pace was slowing but I was still ahead of the target pace. I was struggling a bit here and decided to stop at a (donout) shop for some water - I was seriously tempted to have breakfast there :)
After the water, struggled on, but I'd got a bit stiff and it was a real struggle. Fought numerous mental battles with myself to push out to the 13 miles, but eventually called it a day after 12.2 miles. I'm actually happy enough with the run, but it obviously could have been better - I think if I'd carried on for the full half marathon distance, it would have been my second fastest HM time!
Total distance: 19.62km
Total time: 2hrs 15m 38s
Average pace: 6m 55s per km
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Thanks for posting on my blog. All the best with the training and weight loss. Sounds like you are making progress with the long run...
I think that is your best run in a while.
Have you thought about Gallowalking?
Run 5-8 minutes, walk a minute and so on. My wife has been trying it and finds she can go a lot further and faster when she does that.
Andrew, I've read the book and it's essentially what I end up doing (even though he advocates doing it straight from the start). I might have a try with it on one of my next long runs.
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