I had my long run today… I did OK….

I went 17.5 miles with 3 miles harder, last 3 miles being hard.  I thought I would have run in the low 6’s (min/mile) but it was WAY slower than that.  My time was hard to gauge because I was on hills and my Garmin wasn’t very accurate.  Recently my legs haven’t been recovering adequately, although they definitely recovered today… its just a process of burning off lactic acid from the week and by the end of my long run, my legs were smoothing out and you could see some of the lactic acid was coming out.

I finished my run and immediately took my ultragen sports drink to try to refuel myself and get my nutrients back in order….should have taken an ice bath but I’ve been avoiding them (for obvious reasons!) until I get in high season.

Now back to chaos- Christmas shopping for teachers, in law gifts, etc… I only have an hour and a half before I have to pick up the girls from school…