Sorry, you hafta start at 8 if you want a lunch break? No? Then no breaks for you, ever!
Today I ran from 9 am- 5pm. I ran 56.2 miles, the longest I have ever run by 25.1 miles, and the most I have ever run in one day by 16.2 miles.
Along the way I finished the marathon in 3:31, 50k in 4:11, and 50 mile in 6:59:32.
The course I ran was the same course my team puts on the Skagit Valley Ultras and I set a course record for the 50mile on it. The course is in Mt Vernon and is a 5mile road loop. I started out in what felt like a normal training run pace except I felt good for once, like the first time since the 50k which is not normal! Really I was going just slightly under 8 min pace and for the past few weeks I have struggled running under 9 sometimes for lengths a quarter of the distance! I liked this time trial because I didn't have to worry about pace since it was all so new, just surviving it would be an accomplishment, and once I got to 31.2 miles everything I ran was a PR.
The first 30 miles actually went by pretty quickly. At about 40 miles I realized I could maybe break 7 hours for the 50 mile, despite a bathroom break and throwing up at 49.5 miles I managed a kick and got it which was pretty exciting for my first 50 mile ever! After that I ran kind of slow for a few miles but then managed to 8:50s- 9:10s for the last four miles.
After driving home my right leg was cramping and it was hard to walk up the stairs. But it has since improved and I managed to do a quick 12 minute walk around the house. Well as quick as you can go when you have to turn around furniture every few feet and are being attacked by a killer cat who thought this was the funnest game ever, especially after napping for longer than I had been running probably. I even walked up and down the stairs!
Today I ran from 9 am- 5pm. I ran 56.2 miles, the longest I have ever run by 25.1 miles, and the most I have ever run in one day by 16.2 miles.
Along the way I finished the marathon in 3:31, 50k in 4:11, and 50 mile in 6:59:32.
The course I ran was the same course my team puts on the Skagit Valley Ultras and I set a course record for the 50mile on it. The course is in Mt Vernon and is a 5mile road loop. I started out in what felt like a normal training run pace except I felt good for once, like the first time since the 50k which is not normal! Really I was going just slightly under 8 min pace and for the past few weeks I have struggled running under 9 sometimes for lengths a quarter of the distance! I liked this time trial because I didn't have to worry about pace since it was all so new, just surviving it would be an accomplishment, and once I got to 31.2 miles everything I ran was a PR.
The first 30 miles actually went by pretty quickly. At about 40 miles I realized I could maybe break 7 hours for the 50 mile, despite a bathroom break and throwing up at 49.5 miles I managed a kick and got it which was pretty exciting for my first 50 mile ever! After that I ran kind of slow for a few miles but then managed to 8:50s- 9:10s for the last four miles.
After driving home my right leg was cramping and it was hard to walk up the stairs. But it has since improved and I managed to do a quick 12 minute walk around the house. Well as quick as you can go when you have to turn around furniture every few feet and are being attacked by a killer cat who thought this was the funnest game ever, especially after napping for longer than I had been running probably. I even walked up and down the stairs!
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