Saturday, September 29, 2007

Bad Run that Turned into a Good Run

We did 12+ miles today, total time of 3:01:19 and the overall pace for me was 14:17. It started out very slow, the wind was blowing which for OKC and this summer that was unusual. I struggled with the first 5 or 6 miles, with right leg shin pains and with my breathing it seemed for some reason.

However, it did get better and I finished pretty strong.....at least for me. The splits looked good, definitely negative, way negative in fact...first half 1:33:45...second half 1:18:45. My leg quit hurting...well almost quit and I felt good...I finished about 3 minutes ahead of my running partners...I'm sure I'll pay for that next weekend.

We have a half marathon coming up on October 13 and I think we are ready. We are going to be doing 16 or 17 miles next weekend, so the half marathon will actually be an easy run for us, but a race none the less.

4 comments:

ws said...

great run Randy - that negative split is awesome.

I found after my first marathon I had a little more trouble finding my rhythm early in runs...

enjoy your weekend.

Mary Gee said...

I was one second slower than your pace this morning.

Backofpack said...

Way to stick it out and get to the good part.

Neese said...

way to keep on running, you'll do great on the half. Love the photos of the marathon btw :)