First 20 miler Since September. It was finally warm outside so I didn't use the treadmill like I did on my prior 18, 16 and 14 milers of the past 3 weeks.
I averaged 6:45 pace for the first 16 miles, probably too fast, especially since several of those miles were over snow and ice. This I did a mini crash and could only maintain 7:00-7:30 for the last 4 miles. Averaged 6:49 for the entire run, excluding the untimed 1 mile warm-up and cooldown.
I won't be bumping up to 22 miles next week. I will stay at 20 until I can handle the distance a little better. |