The longest run of this years trainng session is now in the books! It was a beautiful day with temps in the mid 30's to start and rising fast into the upper 40's. The course we ran was very challenging since it had huge hills at the start middle and end to deal with in both directions. Some of these hills were so steep it almost felt like we were walking up them and going down them you had to keep yourself in check. A couple of them I jumped onto the grass to run down to try and lessen the pounding effect on the legs. With that in mind it didn't really work since since my quads feel like I ran a whole marathon not just 22. There was also a 5-10mph wind that when it was in your face it was cool but then when you had it at your back in got a little toasty out there on the trails. Overall it was a successful run and I felt bad at the end but not as bad as I have felt in past years on the long runs. Below is a link to the course:
http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/643942638
Mile splits: 7:51, 7:56, 7:37, 7:36, 6:32, 6:33, 6:51, 6:53, 7:52, 7:29, 7:35, 7:41, 7:29, 7:35, 7:41, 7:29, 7:30, 7:14, 6:51, 6:49, 7:06, 7:57, 7:33, 7:59, 8:16
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