I was debating whether to do long run today, or tomorrow since I did CV reps yesterday, and doing segments run today seemed a bit too much. Then I checked the weather forecast and it called for rain starting later today and going ALL day tomorrow. Hmm, I really didn't feel like running in the rain for 2 hours, so I decided to go today but do an easy long run with faster finish if I felt good, rather than segments run.
Feeling good about my compromise, I headed out the door... only to feel the drizzle as soon as I stepped outside! It has been solid overcast all morning, but of course it had to start raining just as I got out. Oh well, I was committed already and it didn't feel too bad. It was actually perfect weather for running - mid 50s, no wind and light drizzle.
Garmin was completely out of it, and understandably so - the skies were grey and visibility was low. It never caught the signal at all, so I had to run only by feel. I was just running easy pace, doing loops around Regents Park. I did 3, and felt decent, so I hit the split and sped up for the 4th loop. I know that one loop is 2.75 miles, and I was wondering what pace I was running. Couldn't tell for sure, but it felt like marathon pace. When I finished, the watch said 22:15. By that time, the rain was coming down steady, no longer a drizzle. I was totally soaked. I spent my 10+ minutes of cooldown trying to calculate the pace on that last loop, but being pretty tired at that point, my math skills were not the greatest (not that they ever are!), so I just concluded I did around 8 min. pace. Now I know it was 8:05 pace - right at my marathon pace. Overall, I'm pretty happy with this run - I'm done with my long run for the week, and I felt very decent for 13+ miles.
Total time: 1:56:25 (8:41 pace). | 