Yesterday my wife was on her annual company trip and didn’t expect to be home before 10 p.m. I decided to take advantage of her absence and get my long run out of the way.
It was a little cooler (30C/86F) as a result of receiving some rain on Wednesday night, but extremely humid (it rained later on). So after work I suited up and drove to the Weingarten, 12K from my house, to run my hilly route.
I really wasn’t sure how far I should run. It was less than 2 weeks since I ran the 50-miler, so I was still in recovery mode. I decided to try to do the 1 hour 15 minute loop that I do and see how I feel. As my next major event is a marathon, I also decided to run without any breaks like I used for my ultra’s.
The first loop proved to be more challenging than I counted on, probably a result of the high humidity, but it was okay. I ran a second loop and decided that a third loop was more than I wanted to run, so did a smaller loop on a different forest path.
I ran for 3 hours than walked the last 10 minutes back to the car to cool down – I was pretty wiped out from the heat and humidity – usually I do my long runs early in the morning before it gets so hot. My quads were pretty sore, but this was not too surprising considering I was still recovering from the ultra. I estimate that I ran about 28K/17.5M, more or less (note to self: measure this route with bike some day).
In any case I ran the entire 3 hours without any walk breaks. If I can continue this hill training throughout the summer I should have a good marathon in September.
On Saturday at 6 p.m. is another 10K race, this time I will be running for my new Running Club, I am really looking forward to it :-)
Looks like you're in very good shape, and if you continue training like this, you won't lose it. Which means, of course, that we will be expecting a big PR from your next marathon.
Take it easy for a bit, it takes longer than 2 weeks to recover from a 50-miler.
You know what?? You're just a natural!! I'm impressed!
very impressive workout, jack! i agree with Lora...you appear to be a natural. you have bounced back so nicely from your 80K. good job squeezing a long run in to prevent any distraction from family time.
Good way to get a run in.
Germany sounds alot like Ohio in the heat and humidity aspect...is that normal there in the summer, the heat and humidity?
Great job on keeping the training going and getting the long run done. I am glad we don't have the heat here most of the time.