Notes
Something about that was a bit excessive. With the hills, extra gear weight, pace and my leg freshness state, probably 2:45 would have been a better duration cap for me. Left quad was pretty dead for the last 8k or so. Reduced pace from 5:30 to 5:40 in the last 8k. Many little hills on this rec path route which I find noticeable on a long run. Ran about 20% on the grass or dirt. Carried 2L of G and drank 1.4L. Tights, double shirt and coat were quite soaked and heavy by the end. Had a cookie with 3k to go which seemed to help. Want to try gels for next long run.
A couple of educational tidbits.
- I hit 21.1 around 1:55 and my legs felt pretty bad, quite possibly worse than they feel after a 1:35 half which I am definitely in shape for. The main reasons are probably the fact that I had no taper and ran 10k yesterday, and the extra weight, maybe 7 lbs average. (The weight is most likely a much smaller factor and I plan to test that some time.)
- It is the downhills which were the biggest problem for the dead left quad. Going up the ""Monster Hill"" in the last 2k was no problem - I simply reduced pace and felt nothing special. On the other hand, coming to go down the NAC ramp, I walked.
Calories: 2280.0
Ascent: 120.0
Descent: 120.0