On Saturday (7/4/09), I ran my longest outing of the year. I ran out the door with my Garmin 305 with the goal of running a minimum of 8 miles. I ended up running just under 8.5 miles (8.43) in 1:33:03, for an average pace of 11:03 per mile. A 2 hour half-marathon has a pace of 9:10 per mile, so I certainly have a lot of work to do, both in pace and distance, but it's a decent start.
All in all, the run felt pretty good. I carried 24 ounces of Gatorade with me, but even with drinking the whole bottle I ended up weighing 2.5 lbs. less than I did when I started. The day after, I was a little sore, but for the most part I felt good. One problem that has popped up from time to time is pain in my right shin, which I didn't notice during the run, but on the following day I could feel it. I was supposed to run on Sunday as well, but I decided against it so that my leg would have time to heal. I'm hoping this is just a minor muscle strain that will disappear by Thursday or so. On Thursday I plan to do my first Tempo run in quite awhile, but I'll have to postpone it if there's any pain lingering in my leg.
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