Longest Run Ever.

I know a lot of people have been on much longer runs than this before and it is nothing special but I've never really been a long distance guy. I will be running my first marathon soon so I've been upping my mileage lately. On Saturday I was feeling so good that I added an extra 15 minutes to my run and ended up going for 2 hours and covering 17.8 miles.
See my route below.

Average pace of 6:45, which includes the first few miles warming up at about 7:30 pace, means that I was doing something near 6:30 by the end. I was breathing comfortably the whole time, just focusing on getting in some miles and not pushing the pace. I would call it talking pace but I always run alone so there is no one to talk to.

 

It was at 6:30 AM and I tested at 108 before the run. I had some Gatorade and a gel and headed out the door, I ate again every 30 minutes and went through about a liter of water. I got a little low at mile 7 but I still had plenty of food with me at that point. I was 84 at the end and had burned about 2000 calories. I enjoyed taking them all back in for the rest of the day.

My previous longest run was 16 miles back in January, this record won't stand as long. I should beat it in just a few weeks.


This Saturday I will do a race in the hills to get me ready for the Endurance Challenge in Atlanta in October. I'm hoping to get a new shipment of glucose monitors soon, they make long runs like this much easier.