First time...
It was a great weekend here in Minneapolis for both weather and running. I ran an easy 7 miler on Friday night. Pretty much went by fairly quick.
I was a little nervous about my 20 miler on Saturday. I was in the middle of my first back to back 80+ mile weeks and I really hadn't run over 15 miles in a couple weeks (due to a trip to Utah and two weekends of races). I had managed at least a 15 miler each weekend though. I started by parking the car at the top of Summit Ave and catching a ride over to Lake Calhoun. I planned to do miles 5-25 on the Twin Cities Marathon course, in honor of signing up for the race this week.
I started ok, but just wasn't feeling the greatest. I was running about 7:45 the first few miles, that was a bit faster than I wanted (I was hoping for a strong finish run). I slowed down to the 7:55 for the next bunch of miles. I was tempted to cut across the river and cut the run short. But I pushed on. I manged to get across the river and into St. Paul for the beginning of the nasty hills. I was surprised how small they really were, especially having trained on much bigger ones. I went up them hard and managed to have some of my best miles the last five. I think I went up the hills in 7:30's and finished right around 7:40/mile.
I then gave myself a treat of Jamba Juice, but unfortunately it ended up all over my car and I.
Overall it was a good run, a good confidence booster for Fargo in a few weeks.
I was a little nervous about my 20 miler on Saturday. I was in the middle of my first back to back 80+ mile weeks and I really hadn't run over 15 miles in a couple weeks (due to a trip to Utah and two weekends of races). I had managed at least a 15 miler each weekend though. I started by parking the car at the top of Summit Ave and catching a ride over to Lake Calhoun. I planned to do miles 5-25 on the Twin Cities Marathon course, in honor of signing up for the race this week.
I started ok, but just wasn't feeling the greatest. I was running about 7:45 the first few miles, that was a bit faster than I wanted (I was hoping for a strong finish run). I slowed down to the 7:55 for the next bunch of miles. I was tempted to cut across the river and cut the run short. But I pushed on. I manged to get across the river and into St. Paul for the beginning of the nasty hills. I was surprised how small they really were, especially having trained on much bigger ones. I went up them hard and managed to have some of my best miles the last five. I think I went up the hills in 7:30's and finished right around 7:40/mile.
I then gave myself a treat of Jamba Juice, but unfortunately it ended up all over my car and I.
Overall it was a good run, a good confidence booster for Fargo in a few weeks.
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