" Long run"

Today I ran with my brother at 4:50 p.m., today I had planned to do a longer run, for me honestly is a long run, but for anyone that runs half maratón, marathons or even 5-10k, 12+k is just a normal run. However, you have to accept your current circunstances and fitness.

The plan for today was to do 80 mins, which according to my calculations would be around 12.4-12.5k.

I just took the run easy, I would have liked to do the last 5k faster, but as I did the tempo yesterday just wanted to recover. My brother and I ran together till the 6k, because after that He wanted to do another route, but I did not want to so I turned around and completed the 12k in 1:17:38, then kept running till the 80 mins, which was around 12.4k total. Man! that felt long, I cant imagine how half marathoners and marathoners run for that long, anyway, long runs always have been the missing piece of the puzle for me, and I think that the lack of those never really got me to my potential. This is an aerobic sport after all!

I looked at the watch at every kilometer, but just for fun, did not alter my pace or effort, just ran easy.

7:11 (this first km is around 20 secs  longer running easy, so 6:51 or so)
13:46 (6:35)
20:13 (6:27)
26:33 (6:20)
32:52 (6:19)
39:16 (6:24)
45:39 (6:23)
51:58 (6:19)
58:20 (6:22)
64:41 (6:21)
71:01 (6:20)
77:38 (6:37, the same as the first one, is around 20 secs longer), after that completed 80 mins.

Those splits were out of my memory, so I am not that crazy after all! I felt good, the pace felt confortable, but felt thirsty and mentally it was kind of long. Legs started tired from the Tempo run, but once I warmed up I felt pretty good. Weather was around 25 Celsius, so no windbreaker.

I am heading the right direction with my training, I hope to keep that consistency going! Today Will be an easy 45 mins run to recover.

Have a great start to the week!