20 miler done, but it was an ugly run. I post the details in the running forum soon.
Well I completed my 20 mile run but it was an awful day. I am usually posting my good times so I think I have to post my bad times as well. Here it goes, it’s pretty bad.
1-09:47________________11-11:12
2-09:56________________12-10:33
3-10:04________________13-10:47
4-09:55________________14-10:47
5-10:59________________15-11:02
6-10:25________________16-11:10
7-10:27________________17-10:39
8-10:23________________18-11:05
9-10:25________________19-11:09
10-10:35_______________20-11:11
Total Time 3:32
So here’s what happened. I started off not feeling very good my calf was hurting right off the bat. But I didn’t think much of this because the first miles are never good. A few more miles go by and my calf is getting worse. Miles 10-15 felt like I had found my rhythm and I was thinking that I was in the clear. But after my last pit stop (mile 15) my calf came back with a vengeance. It was just dead weight from then on. This threw off my gait and before I knew it my hamstring, knee and ankle were all in pain. But I couldn’t stop now I only had a few miles to get back to the car. I really struggled those last 3 miles to maintain an 11 min pace.
