20 miles is never easy. I don't care how many times you to it. It never gets easier. Today was a 20 mile run. To a runner, it sounds great in theory but as always actually doing it is a lot more painful. Started at Hot Tuna and ran all the way to 1st street and back. 2:18mins which is an average of 6:55. The boardwalk section (2.5 miles) really brought down our time b/c of the head wind. We saw a couple of 7 min miles and the rest of the way every time I looked at my watch we were in the 6:40's. The pace was hard. The legs were tired. Mentally, I was able to keep it going but there were times when I wanted to just slow it down but I couldn't b/c I had to stay with Billy Chorey. Once Coach even gave me an out by saying "hey when we get to the end if you want you can go straight instead of doing the extra in the neighborhood". When it came to that point (about 19.5) I wanted to take the out but I knew that later I would regret it deeply......so I kept it up. All the way baby!
Like I said, 20 miles is never easy but the feeling is always amazing. Something to thing about when you are on your long run.
About Me
- Renee High
- I grew up in Franklin, Kentucky. I moved to Virginia Beach in 2003 and in 2004 I met the gang at Final Kick. Final Kick quickly became my home away from home. I ran my first marathon in 2005 (Shamrock Marathon). It was one of the most painful and amazing experiences of my life. I ran a 3:07 and I crossed the finish line with bloody heels (the right socks are so important). I couldn't wait to run another marathon and I choose The Richmond Marathon. I loved this race and it's still one of my favorites. Shamrock 2006 was my breakout race. I won it in a time of 2:45:40 and I was ecstatic. I also qualified for the trials with this race. Over the next couple of years I graduated from Nursing school and then eventually received my Master's in Exercise Science. In 2010 I raced the Chicago Marathon in a time of 2:45:26 and again qualified for the 2012 Olympic Trials. This was an amazing day for me. And I can't wait to race in Houston 2012
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Renee love your blogs! They are very inspiring! I love the long run, although my pace is much, much slower, at the end I always feel amazing!
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ReplyDeleteThanks Susan. I'm so glad you like reading my blog. I really enjoy writing it. I love sharing my enthusiasm for running and I appreciate hearing from people who share my love for running. Thanks so much.
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