This will be a recurring theme for the next few weeks. Since the marathon in January, I haven't been doing many long runs at all. (Or more specifically, my regular occurring "long" run just isn't very long.) I had been doing two laps of 5.25 mile loop, but with Muskoka 70.3 on the horizon, it's time to start going longer.
Today was adding an extra two miles to the effort. I did the first lap, ran my 2.15 mile loop at an easy pace, then back to the hilly route for the last five. This went well, I was tired at the start and couldn't get a comfortable rhythm for a mile or two, but then settled in, and was able to pick up the pace and still remain relaxed throughout the rest of the run. My plan is to add a couple of miles every few weeks until I get to 16, then hold it there as the max. If my race only requires 13.1 miles, no point in doing too much overdistance work.
Run: 12.65 miles, loop times of 43:28/41:15
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