The plan for Saturday's workout was to jog easy for 90 minutes with Annie (I wanted to keep my heart rate below 150 bpm for the duration). I started off at 6.0 mph and adjusted up and down from there--as fast as 6.3, but mostly 6.1. My heart rate was easily below 140--controlled mostly by hydration. At the 45 minute mark, I began to consider running for a full two-hours. At 90 minutes, it was on! My heart rate was still well under 150 and I felt pretty fresh--I upped the pace and decided that I would run a full 13.1 miles--effectively another half-marathon. As I got closer to my goal, I increased the pace again--now I wanted to not just run 13.1 miles, but I wanted to do it in 2 hours...
By minute 117 I was running a 6:30min/mile pace (9.5mph) and finished the 13.1 miles in 2:00:30. I was especially excited because I wasn't even trying to run that far that fast when the workout began, and yet I was able to push the pace deep into a long workout. Definitely the best ever. I think I could easily (physically) do this run every weekend.
My hips were a little sore later in the day, and I was thankful to have Sunday off, but I was ready to go on Monday!!
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