As I mentioned in my last post, Debbie suggested it may be a good idea to do my long run early this week rather than doing it jet lagged once in the UK. Working as I do on the usual assumption that she is right, I woke up (or rather got out of bed - I was awake for hours following a series of crazy dreams) at 4.45am this morning for a 16 miler.
The good news was it was cool. The bad news I was very tired (and probably still recovering from weekend run). It still amazes me how busy Central Park is at 5am!
Anyway, I always intended to run this slowly (which is Hal Higdon's prescription for long runs) so I set off looking at 9.30 pace. I did the top loop (Harlem Hill) and the middle loop (Cat Hill) before returning home having completed 8 miles to switch out my drinks. In truth, it was actually pretty nice, as long as I didn't think about doing it again.
And then I did it again, reversing the order. 2 hrs 29 mins, 9.19 pace and felt pretty good afterwards. A good stretch, an ice bath (my first!) and lots of food and water. Feeling pretty good now and stoked about only having short runs to do for a good few days!!!
The good news was it was cool. The bad news I was very tired (and probably still recovering from weekend run). It still amazes me how busy Central Park is at 5am!
Anyway, I always intended to run this slowly (which is Hal Higdon's prescription for long runs) so I set off looking at 9.30 pace. I did the top loop (Harlem Hill) and the middle loop (Cat Hill) before returning home having completed 8 miles to switch out my drinks. In truth, it was actually pretty nice, as long as I didn't think about doing it again.
And then I did it again, reversing the order. 2 hrs 29 mins, 9.19 pace and felt pretty good afterwards. A good stretch, an ice bath (my first!) and lots of food and water. Feeling pretty good now and stoked about only having short runs to do for a good few days!!!
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