I am not sure of the reasoning or methodology behind why I wanted to add mile intervals throughout the course of today's long run, but I figured it couldn't hurt. So the first 5 miles was pretty casual to the first track and the mile on the track was 558. then we ran 3 miles to the Harvard track and that mile was 553. At this point I wasn't feeling too bad, but figured it would be a good idea to have a accel-gel. We continued on to the MIT track which is about 3 miles then we did another one at 558. Still feeling pretty good about the run but I knew things were going to get tough in the next 20-30 minutes. We were about a mile from the MIT track when the pace dropped to the 630-635 pace until we reached the final track. At this point we just over 19 miles, 19.3 to be exact. The final mile on the track was 605, but felt much harder than that. From here I headed home and still felt pretty good as far as my ability to push a decent 630-640 pace the rest of the way home.
The run ended at 22 miles, 7 min avg pace for the run.
I had 2 accel gel during this run which I have no doubt that they contributed to my feelings of well being toward the end of the run.
Next weekend is the Great Stew Chase 15k. First road race of the winter. I'm thinking 6 minute pace!
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9.3 miles @ 6 pace -- you should have that.
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