I am not going to lie...I was really scared about the 14 mile run today. The 12 mile run/walk that I dragged myself through a couple of weeks ago shaked my nerve and to a small extent my resolve. I charted out my course last night and to look at it on a map is a little overwhelming.
I pushed myself out of bed at 7:30 this morning. The windchill was -1 and it was overcast. I started out pretty slow and told myself I just wanted to get through it...without walking if possible. The route took me way out of my normal zone and to be honest, I really liked it. I tried more street running to help save my shins and had some mixed results. In this run there were my two large hills....but then add in three bridges and my legs really had a hard time of it. The bridge that goes over Curtis in Laramie is really something once you reach the top. You can see all of Laramie really well. It was a great experience. My excursion through West Laramie was pretty uneventful. All in all it went ok. My time (which I will post for sure tomorrow) was better than a 10 minute mile....but well off the pace of 9:00 min which is always my hope. All in all I am just pretty proud for pushing all the way through without walking. I beat my longest distance by two miles. My legs are killing me but that just goes with the territory. Time was 2 hrs 18 min 48 secs.
My route:
1st Leg
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=41.318431,-105.634575&daddr=S+3rd+St%2FUS-287+to:Spring+Creek+Dr+to:Spring+Creek+Dr+to:N+30th+St+to:E+Harney+St&hl=en&geocode=%3BFZ1XdgIdoMS0-Q%3BFTQxdgIdu8a0-Q%3BFYQ7dgIdNga1-Q%3BFX6AdgIdUFG1-Q%3BFap4dgId7Ae1-Q&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=0&sz=13&via=1,2,3,4&sll=41.323717,-105.617065&sspn=0.055305,0.107117&ie=UTF8&ll=41.325779,-105.611572&spn=0.055303,0.107117&z=13
2nd Leg
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Snowy+Range+Rd%2FWY-130&daddr=W+Curtis+St%2FStockyards+Rd+to:41.321364,-105.5581+to:E+Gibbon+St&hl=en&geocode=Fax2dgId8iO0-Q%3BFX2cdgId2Eu0-Q%3B%3BFWx1dgIdp_20-Q&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=2&sz=15&via=1,2&sll=41.322428,-105.563335&sspn=0.013827,0.026779&ie=UTF8&ll=41.322814,-105.629683&spn=0.013826,0.026779&z=15
About Me
- sdowney509
- I completed my first ING New York City Marathon on November 1st, 2009 in 4 hours 55 minutes and 5 seconds. This will be my fourth marathon and I am going to bust my butt to break 4 hours on November 7th, 2010.
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Good job!!!!
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