Looking back, this may not have been one of my wiser decisions with regards to training, but Matt & I were set on doing a 20 miler and we couldn't wait much longer. Took off @ quick pace, I struggled to keep up over the first 5 miles. As sun went down, I picked it up a bit. Had to stop to stretch out IT band. We ran into some crazy guy who was walking down Linden for a total distance of 20 miles. Training for the Bataan Death March, from what it sounded like.
@ Hudson, we both took a gel. I kept drinking, I was carrying 2 H20 bottles and Matt had 3 in the camelbak. Did a good job with hydration. We reached Lake Bloomington Rd(M10) surprisingly quickly, but as we turned around the run got a little bit more difficult. 12 miles in my legs started feeling heavy and by the time we passed Hudson, things were getting a little shaky. We ran past the hiker again, said something crazy, and kept moving. With 3 miles ago, Matt started moving ahead of me a bit. I decided that no matter what, I was going to not stop running so I kept moving. The pace did not slow too much, but Matt slowly gained about a quarter mile on me. We ran Northtown to Main, where we saw Sarah, then crawled down Raab to finally wind up @ our apt. Definitely tired, but I did not stop to walk over the last 3 miles.
Total Distance: 20.5 miles
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