Last week's long run was supposed to be an 18 mile run. My training partner was confused and planned a 20 mile route. I had plenty of butterflies in my stomach over 18 miles so I suppose it was better to get the 20 mile run over with as a "surprise." It was tough but I finished strong in 3 hours 13 minutes!
For so long my "push" point, the point were I'm struggling and take a few walk breaks to suck down my water, has been 10 miles. I noted in my last post that I made it all the way to the half marathon point before hitting my "push" point. I can report that its still increasing. My Nike app was acting sporadically so I shut it off in frustration. I would guess though that I did not hit my push point until I was in mile 19!! In my soreness in the last few days, I'm realizing that I'm capable of finishing! There is a pride in my heart that is already building up.
My only hope now is that I do not get injured in these last few weeks. My left side has a slight ache that I'm familiar with so I'm going to make sure I do my IT band exercises. I'm feeling so close already!
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