One Long Run

Today the goal was to run for 2 hours. Mission accomplished. I ran on the Monon for a total of 8.4 miles. So how did it feel? Well for the first two hour run since last Fall's 1/2 marathon, it was ok.

The first hour my thought was to make sure I was at an easy pace. I feel I did a good job of that. The trail was full of Mother's Day families walking and biking. I enjoyed seeing everyone out enjoying the day.

The second hour was slower as I thought it would be. One annoying thing - about 1 1/2 hours into the run, my right hip was hurting. I went from a 6 to 1 run to a 4 to 1 run, so I could walk a bit more, and help the hip. I also stopped a bit and stretched my hip a bit.

As I got to the end of the run, I was walking a bit more. I got back to the store, where I left my stuff, and I felt very dehydrated. Not a good feeling. Once I had something to drink though I felt better.

All in all very glad I did this run. Very important for the upcoming 1/2 marathon.

Charlie