Truthy 16 (wt 34.5)

I say truthy because it’s not really a word.  I mean, it’s meant to evoke the idea of slightly off, I guess?  I don’t know, I didn’t make up the word.

Yesterday I went out for the longest run I’ve been on in a while, hoping to hit 16 on a cool day.  My out and back course took me all the way south along the island, down through some pretty scenic forest and park space, along the water.  I had put out a couple water stops the night before, and had been carbo- loading to prevent hitting the wall like I had last weeks, but even then I brought some GU and a water bottle, which I hate.  I had this grand idea that I would wake up at 7 AM and get my run in, but finally got out the door closer to 10.  I was counting on the marine layer of clouds that was out when I hit the roads, but it burned off within half an hour.  The saving grace though, was that the weather seems to have retreated back into a cooler spell.

The run out was a cumulative downhill, and I was able to hit the 8 miles at about 7:55 pace, and the run back was a bit of a climb.  Add to the uphill my growing fatigued, my pace did drop to about 8:10 or so, though most of it came in the last 4 miles.  Overall though, I was surprised that I was able to run solidly, and that I kept the fight up through the run, though I stopped at the base of the largest hill, which coincided with the 15.5 mile mark.  I took it to mean I was done and cooled down on my walk home.

Here was my route.  I’m going to get a recovery run in this afternoon and get over 40 miles this week.