When you first look at the distances of an ironman or half ironman for that matter they appear astonishing. But you look at them for a while and finally you sign up to do one. Now on my 5th mounth of training I am doing distances in my leasure time that in highschool i though were a little too much. Today I had a long run to complete. I did two laps of the local park with is 7 miles around once if you stay on the out side of the loop. In highschool i thought this would have been insane. But i am older and wiser now. My nutrition is better, and after one loop i simply pickup my gatorade turned around and headed back the other way without thinking. When i run or to any excercise for that matter I don't listen to music. It keeps the mind active. Your mind is always active and easliy distracted. What is difficult is to keep the mind quiet. After about a lap and a half my mind became quite. It is a peaceful place. It was snowing and finally warmer (-9) and a beautiful day to be outside. I finished the run 11.6 miles and i felt refreshed. It was enjoyable for me to run for that long. It was a beautiful day and i was just running and thats all there is to say.............
Long slow distance:
Distance: 11.5 miles
Time: 1:36:00
Avg pace: 8.19 min/mile
Avg hr: 143
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