Having not run since last Thursday morning, I was ready for a run of decent distance and effort. I missed Saturday's 20-miler after having stayed out too late the night before (best friend's 40th birthday), and knowing that I would not have enough time to get in any more than 8 miles before work on Monday morning, I decided to wait until Monday evening to run. This is the longest break I have taken from running since my recovery week following the Las Vegas Rock n' Roll marathon, and I was getting antsy.
My goal was to run 14 miles on my own on the Creek Turnpike Trail headed east starting at 145th. This section is particularly hilly. I headed out around 8:30ish, just in time to avoid being subjected to the DVR'ed final episode of The Bachelor that was being aired at the Posey residence.
I was tired, but started out at a decent pace. Despite the hills, I was feeling good all of the way to my hitherto uncharted territory a mile east of County Line, a path which took me all of the way to the NSU-BA campus. Once I hit NSU, the Trail ended. I looked down, and I had only run about 5 1/2 miles. I looped wide around the campus and decided to head back.
My overall pace was not as quick as I'd hoped, but I was well-winded and a little worn out, so I decided to head back to the car at 11.5 miles. Not really the distance I was looking for, but it did the trick.
Apparently my brain mistakenly thought that it was a
morning run rather than an
evening run, as I could not fall asleep for hours last night. Finally, after a middle-of-the-night rerun of Community, I dozed off for maybe 4-5 hours of less than restful sleep.
Activity| Route: | -- | Elev. Avg: | 663 ft | | Location: | Broken Arrow, OK | Elev. Gain: | -4 ft | | Date: | 03/01/10 | Up/Downhill: | [+734/-738] | | Time: | 08:34 PM | Difficulty: | 4.0 / 5.0 |
| | Weather: | Fair |
| 40 F temp; 59% humidity |
| 40 F heat index; winds N 9 |
| Distance: | 11.55 miles |
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| Time: | 1:37:12 | | Speed: | 7.1 mph |
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| | Pace: | 8' 25 /mi |
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| | Calories: | 1499 |
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Splits| Mile | Pace (min/mile) | Speed (mph) | Elevation
Gain |
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| actual | +/- avg | actual | +/- avg |
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| 1 | 8' 07 | -0' 18 | 7.4 | +0.3 | +10 ft | | 2 | 8' 26 | +0' 01 | 7.1 | -0.0 | -20 ft | | 3 | 8' 21 | -0' 04 | 7.2 | +0.1 | -39 ft | | 4 | 8' 30 | +0' 05 | 7.0 | -0.1 | +43 ft | | 5 | 8' 24 | -0' 01 | 7.1 | +0.0 | -10 ft | | 6 | 8' 37 | +0' 12 | 7.0 | -0.2 | +17 ft | | 7 | 8' 27 | +0' 02 | 7.1 | -0.0 | -50 ft | | 8 | 8' 13 | -0' 12 | 7.3 | +0.2 | -6 ft | | 9 | 8' 17 | -0' 08 | 7.2 | +0.1 | +19 ft | | 10 | 8' 41 | +0' 16 | 6.9 | -0.2 | +52 ft | | 11 | 8' 24 | -0' 01 | 7.1 | +0.0 | -17 ft | | end | 8' 29 | +0' 04 | 7.1 | -0.1 | -3 ft | | Versus average of 8' 25 min/mile |
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