Final numbers came in for the Lemming Loop today – made 49.2785 miles in 12 hours. Kind of disappointed that I didn’t hit 50 but I take solace in the fact that I could have made 50 quite easily with another 6-7 minutes. I just took too many walk breaks and I was still very functional when done. If it had been a 50 mile race, I would have finished. That and all the wandering around I did before and after the race I did over 50 miles that day.
But didn’t get it done in the 12 hour limit and that is on me. Still proud of what I accomplished there though considering I was maybe trained to do an ok 50 km run – that I got that close to 50 miles makes me pretty happy.
The run tonight was interesting. I had no desire to get on the treadmill at all – just plain exhausted and just wanted to rest tonight. But I forced myself to get on the treadmill figuring I would do a few miles to stretch the legs and call it a night.
I started out at a relatively slow speed and after about 4 minutes I bumped it up a bit and then again 4 minutes later. I kept that speed for about 20 minutes before bumping it up again. Time just flew by – that is one thing I got out of the 12 hour run – 5 miles doesn’t seem all that long a run anymore…
I hit the planned 5 miles and felt like continuing at least 1 more mile – got about .75 miles into that mile before the breaker on the treadmill tripped. Damn.
Going to have to do some maintenance on the treadmill tomorrow night. I lubed it a couple weeks ago but I might have messed up the belt tension. Won’t know for sure until I investigate further tomorrow.
All in all a good run tonight and I seem to be back close to 100% after the 12 hour race on Saturday. I am very happy about that!
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