A.M. Mild and windy weather for long run day. First 5k was easy pace, I was feeling good and decided to run the next 5k at gmp, I still felt good and just kept adding on the 5k's at gmp. After 20k of this I eased back, I feel I could have squeezed out more but that is in the schedule as a key workout next week, so I left it to build on from this one. The last 10k was hilly, I tried out a gel at 25k, then on a steep uphill at 31k I had stomach pains. Not sure if this was because of the gel or the effort on the hill. Other than that fueling was just with diluted sweetened lemon tea. During both my previous marathons I never took gels and I'm starting to think the same way for the next one. I find them unpalatable and they make me feel queasy. R achilles again felt tender today. So 5k splits, 24:15, 21:20, 21:09, 21:13, 21:14, 22:33, 22:59. Total 35k in 2:34:59, av pace 4:26/k, 7:08/mi. |