This Saturday was my longest training run, 50k. All went okay and there were no major issues. Just lots of running and lots of walking. Last time I ran a 50k it was in the snow and ice, I finished in 8:17. This go round I finished in 7:17. My running time was 6:30 so I felt good about my outcome, with :47 minuets of rest stops. Then I started freaking out. I entered my times into running calculators and figured I will be real close to missing the cut offs. Two weeks ago I ran a marathon, last weekend I ran two half marathons close to 2:00 with a nasty migraine in between and then ran a 50k this weekend. Maybe race day I will be more rested.
My first mile of yesterdays run was in 12:22. I felt a little slow for the first mile, but I said to myself, if I can hold this pace all day I'd be happy with that. My overall running pace was 12:26. Right on target. I am thinking that come race day I will shoot for 12-13 pace with 5-10 minute rest stops I should be fine. How do you run 50 miles? Let me count the ways. It's only a 50k and half marathon and a 10k. I like to think of it more as 1+1+1+1+1+1......
This week I ran 13.1 on Sunday a 10k on Wednesday and 50k on Saturday. Throw in walking 6.5 miles for my commute to work, a 5k fun run, and swimming a mile I have had one monster week. If I can do this I hope I can do 50 miles.
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