16.23 miles

This morning I ran the longest I have ever run! I was planning on only 12 miles but my running partner was going to do 16 miles so I thought I would just see how I feel and go for it.

He picked me up at 6:30am and we drove to a very hilly forest preserve in our area, about 20 minutes away. CARA runners group was meeting there too (several BQ runners) so it was cool to be with other runners. 

We started out and before I knew it we were at mile 8. We talked  and ran sans music. We ran several hills which really was great for strength and endurance. We stopped at my friends car between 8/9 miles. I usually NEVER stop but he refilled our water and off we went again. The second half went by fast, I did take three Clif Shot Blocks and some water after that. I felt good, my legs felt fine. No pains. Towards mile 15 I was feeling a little tired and was glad when we were done at 16.23 miles.

I can't believe I ran this far! It was a slower pace than I wanted to run, which was good because I know I can at least run that far at the pace I did. Hopefully race day will push me a little faster.

Climbs 1100 ft!

1	9:13	35
2	9:09	-8
3	9:06	18
4	9:06	-63
5	9:12	63
6	9:06	-24
7	8:53	-7
8	9:18	10
9	11:27	3
10	9:21	15
11	9:33	-34
12	10:18	-26
13	9:38	30
14	9:50	2
15	9:42	7
16	9:25	4
17	9:08	-19

16.34  9:31 pace 2:35:24
*mile 9 we had stopped to fill up water, I thought I stopped the timer and mile 12 we had stopped to talked to my friends group of friends so that took away a few minutes from our overall time!