Solo 1/2 Marathon

I did my longest run (time-wise) ever last friday, 1 hour 55 minutes - passed 13.1 miles in 1h52m, and then ran a few more minutes. I was pretty tanked at the end, and my feet were really sore - but I felt pretty good overall! I was planning on running again today, but my legs are still sore (mostly lower legs, as usual) and plus I lifted weights and did a "Tabata" workout on the exercise bike yesterday - so I hit the pool today instead, doing my "total immersion" drills and some swimming. I may still go for a run later today, depending on how I feel.

I was pretty happy that I was able to run for 2 hours comfortably, I wasn't sure how far I was going to go that day, and my knee and shins were sore the first few miles, but then they seemed to relax and I was able to settle into a normal running pace, which was about 8.20/mile for me on that day - this equated to 75%MHR for most of the run. Plus I haven't run over 10 miles in several months.

I am going to try to keep doing one of these long runs 3 times per month, and see if I can get more comfortable with them. I'd be stoked if I could run for 2 hours at 8 minutes/mile comfortably.

I've been pretty consistent about getting 6-7 workouts per week in, but lots of cross training. It's good to see that even running just 2 times/week, you can still maintain fitness by doing plenty of cross training.