I love my long runs

I look forward to my long run all week. I'm enjoying the diversity of my weekly workouts but they are challenging and while pushing the distance on the weekends is a challenge the runs are just so pleasant. I love running in the parkway, its so pretty. I love getting up early with dozens of other people to run there. I like doing whatever pace feels good and pushing it only if I feel like it. The satisfaction of completing the distance is another plus.

I was worried about today's run since I had gotten a cortizone shot in my right foot yesterday for my morton's neuroma. While the shot didn't help the neuroma it didn't hinder the run. Around 4 miles it started to bother me and the pain was off an on the whole run. I should feel relief within the next couple days from the shot.

We got there just as the sun was rising and decided to do a 1/2 mile warm up walk before we ran. 13.25 miles in 2:25:23 Average HR 157. Here are my splits:

11:48
11:45
11:16
10:54
11:21
10:53
10:52
11:03
10:34
10:28
11:03
10:25
10:09
7:27 (just for fun)

You can see where the hills are from my pace. Not that they are big hills but I obviously slow down for them. The first couple miles I ran slow. My quads aren't used to the speedwork yet and were tight the entire run although they loosened a little after 2 miles. I'ts nice to see so many 10 minute paces in there since I really didn't feel them while I was out there. I think if my quads were loose I could have had more in the 10:30 range the first half.