Sunday, April 17, 2011

18 Mile Madness

backfilling some posts here...

This week is Dallas Cup, a week-long soccer tournament that Nike sponsors.  What does that mean?  Well, very little training and a 100+ hour work week.  Tonight I got off work around 6 pm and drove the 40 minutes home.  I had little motivation after being on my feet for 2 straight days, but I downed a Monster (not ideal, but I needed a boost) and set out on my run a little after 8:30 pm.  The plan was to run from the house to WRL and run until I hit mile 9.  Then turn around and come home.  It was already dark when I set out.  I started out easy and then settled into a decent pace in the low 8s.  The cooler weather due to a night run made the pace feel easy and relaxed.  I had some stomach issues around mile 7.5 (i'll omit the details), but once I tended to those, I was back on the run.  After making the turn, I cruised back home and ended up negative splitting the run.

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