Well, I'm pleased to say that I did the run in an average of 10:07 min/mile, which is pretty much bang on my LSR pace, so I've got to pleased with that. I purposefully picked it up a bit on my last 2-miles (under 9min/mile) and I'm pleased that I felt strong at the end.
I tried a couple of other changes for this morning's run:
- although I have ensured I've been well hydrated all week, I have been wondering if I've been under-hydrating on the day of an LSR. This morning before I set out I chugged down nearly 3 pints of water, as well as my coffee and shredded wheat. I did need a pit stop at only mile 2 but other than that it was fine. Obviously a slow 18-miler is much different to a race pace Half Marathon, but I'm hoping this change will do me well, particularly when the temperature start increasing. I think I did "bonk" a bit at the event last weekend and I definitely didn't today.
- I binned the flapjacks in favour of 8 Jaffa Cakes, and I must say they went down a treat. I just took them in a pocket and they were easy to eat and digest.
This all means that I've done 36.5 mile this week...if I include last Sunday's Half Marathon it's nearly 50 which is a record I think.
I put two Marathon Talk podcasts on my iPod Shuffle today and I timed it so they ran out just as I was finishing. It all means that I'm still at 100% for Jantastic, and we're 50% through the challenge now.
Plus, my wife had made some pancakes for when I got back.
So, all in all a great run - I'm mark it as a 10 out of 10! Even better is that I'm now on holiday for a week.
