Week 13

It's week 13 already. Time has passed by so quickly this season. It seemed like I only started training. This is the 1st of the long runs we'll be doing on the Snoqualmie Valley River Trail. This week was an 18 miler. In two weeks we do a 20 miler out here.

The drive out here was beautiful. It was the furthest we had driven out to go run. The weather was near perfect. Maybe a tad hot but good for getting acclimatized to summer weather. I also used this run to think about how I wanted to tackle the marathon. I set off on a 5/1 run walk. I've been getting stronger this season and I've been starting my long runs too fast. I went slow for the 1st 9 miles and then turned it up a notch going to my regular 10/1 run walk. After about 30 minutes I realized I was going too strongly and settled back on a 5/1 run walk. It was a good idea too. I was just about out of gas when I finished 18 miles.

The trail was nice. Peaceful and tranquil. Paved quite well. There were a couple of sections that had a bunch of little rocks which hurt when I landed directly on them.

This upcoming week is a down week to help us recover from the long run. I'm feeling pretty good. I'm not feeling as tired as usual.