I tell them all the work is done and regardless of how it has gone, the key thing is to relax and realize that the months of training are more important than the last two weeks, so relaxing and letting that training come to fruition is most important. As Coach Dellinger used to say, "the hay is in the barn!"

- Coach Salazar

Saturday, September 24, 2011

Milestone - 10 miles

Last Sunday, I ran for 10 miles.

You got that - Ten Miles.

My very first double-digit run.

Not only that, but I ran it at an 11:30 pace.

RunKeeper Result

I'm not going to go into super detail on this,but I will say a few things:

- My proverbial "wall" is around 7.5 miles.
- Eating goo at 5 miles is too early - need to do it around 6 to prepare for proverbial wall.
- I grinned like an idiot the last two miles
- Napping is essential post-run (HAH!)

Tomorrow I will go north - over the bridge and into National Harbor on the actual path I will be running next Sunday. This is good, because that's the part that I'm most concerned about (the bridge and the final loop around). I should be hitting the bridge (going back) right around the same mileage as during the real race.
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