21.1 mile – longest training run

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Long slow distance, Marathon, marathon running, marathon training, NYC Marathon, Road Running, Running, Sports

Still high on adrenaline from our ‘adventure sail‘ yesterday, that took us from Baltimore….to the middle of the Chesapeake Bay….and then blown back to Baltimore – it seemed like today would be a good day to get in my long run.

I’ve been sharing Ms. Emma’s training schedule – and it said 20 miles is the long run for this week.   So here is how it went down.

1.  Fired up my Garmin GPS watch – and realized the battery is dead.

2.  Retrieved backup #2 Garmin GPS watch – and the battery appeared fine.

3.  Told my biker team (i.e. hubby Paddy) to get ready for a 10 miler ride – the last 10 miles.

4.  I departed for the first 10 miles.  Garmin working fine.  Beeped at mile 4….beeped at mile 5….died at mile 5.5

5.  Stopped to have a chat with my Garmin.  It didn’t help.   Called Paddy to have him re-charge my original Garmin – and I would retrieve this when we did our mile 10 rendezvous.

6.  Remembered that my phone had an Endomondo App – so I turned it on to record my remaining distance.

7.  Got startled each and every time I added another mile – with Ms. Endomondo telling me all sorts of stats and numbers.  I didn’t really need all this info – but didn’t want to stop to figure out the settings.

8.  Met with Paddy support crew on bicycle at mile 11.5 – inhaled some power goop.   Got a boost of energy.   We’re off for a new route now.

9.  Ran a long downhill and felt some pain in my left hip (hip flexors are tight).  Wasn’t bad enough to stop – but it did get my attention.  Focused on my gait to make sure this doesn’t get worse.

10.  We navigated a few miles along a shady trail, next to a bubbling creek.   Aaaah – life is good!

11.  Eventually there is a long uphill to compensate for that downhill – at mile 16.  Still moving strong and take a mini-break to gulp down water and more power goop.

12.  2 miles left to go – and facing a strong headwind.

13.  Miscalculated the distance based on the new route – and completed an additional 9.6 miles — for a total of 21.1

14.  Ice on my hip and knee, and spending the afternoon consuming food and re-hydrating.

Post workout consumption looks like this!