Notes
Yeeoooowch. It was pretty warm out. Perhaps as warm as 85 at times and no wind. I was relatively comfortable for the climb to mile 5. The next 4 were a bit of work, and the last couple were Hurting. In fact, once I got into the house afterward, I just felt overwhelmed and hit a cool shower and took lots of fluids in asap.
Gotta develop the long distance engine. I'm thinking you don't even start developing it until you're out there for over an hour. The first part of the run is just a pre-fatigue before the workout starts. That's what my analysis is after today...
There's about 540 feet of gain in the first 5 miles on this run (and 628 total/accumulated for the whole 11.5).