Long Run.... 77 F muggy and hot this morning at just after 5 a.m when I started. Between the conditions, my ankle and lack of efficiency, and choice of course. This run kicked my you know what. Ran like a nomad this morning without a real plan. Over to B-hills then down into Bloomington. Then decided to go look at Steve's new house, then around the Bloomington loop and back up the trail to River Road. Finally wondering through B-hills and back to River road trying to get the distance. That's just a bad way to try and do a 20 miler. It's much easier with a pre-determined route and a plan. Started to overheat by mile 9 and by mile 13 I couldn't believe there was still 7 miles to go. Just a tough day at the office. Ran into Dave and his team with about 2 miles to go. Kind of nice to see someone and chit chat. I was totally out of it by then and in no mans land:) Didn't try and kind of workout or first half, second half thing. But I did see the clock at mile 10 and it was just under 1:12 then ran the second 10 just over 1:07 to finish the 20 miles at a 6:57 avg and just under 2:20:00 Had to stop 3 times a long the way for drinks at warm drinking fountains. But once at a nice cooler on the golf course- it saved my life.
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