20 Miler!

Well the first 20 miler is in the bag! Dane and I ran it this morning from his house in Georgetown. We did two different 10 mile out-and-back routes. Our only walking was when we stopped for water and gels at miles 7, 10 and 15. We kept a really great pace for most of way too, including an 8:26 mile 10 and an overall average pace of 9:14. That includes that water/gel breaks and a short potty break at mile 10.

I'm really encouraged by today's run. I felt really good almost all the way to the end. Mile 19 was difficult and mile 20 was pretty hard, but overall, it wasn't nearly as bad as when we ran that 20 miler last year.

I also ran a good 8 mile tempo run this week while I was down at St. Simons Island. I spent two days down there inspecting bridges for the Sea Island Company. I kept an 8:33 average pace and finished strong with 8:07 split for mile 7.

I've also included links below to some of my other recent activities including a good 15 mile run last weekend, a really rough 18 miler the weekend before and my first half-century (50 mile) ride on Labor Day.

See ya later!!