Run Till You Drop!!

I am not going to lie. I was a little nervous going into todays workout. It would be my longest run of my life that was not a race, 25 miles was on the chopping block. Before on long runs I would struggle,as Bryant mentioned to me I would struggle to run a 7 min pace for 15 miles. We started out and I was feeling good just trying to stay as relaxed as possible as I knew it would be a long run today. I knew we would once again be going up the super steep Toll Road hill in South Ogden and I wanted to improve from the previous run up that road.....I was last out of the group they had to wait for me at the top, I felt like such a panzee. Right before the toll road Riley kept saying its Jason's road and I would laugh... I kept saying in my head you must conquer this thing if you want to improve and reach the next level. We headed up the beast and I went into it with a solid pace and tried to hold it as long as possible. This time I did much better and was more towards the front with the rest of the guys. I was very happy and Pleased with my effort. Around mile 14 or so I started to run low and almost hit empty so I hit up a GU and that gave me exactly what my body needed. We started to run through a neighborhood and Bret tells me not to get lost becasue it is like the Lambrynth and even people from Ogden get lost in this area ahah. The worst part was that it was really hilly and taxing on the body. Around this time I got a second wind and was rejuvenated. By mile 20 I told myself if I can hit these last 5 solid that will give me confidence as that is where I die in the race the last 6 miles or so. The last 5 or so miles I decided to run side by side with Riley and that helped me a ton to stay focused and keep the rythem. Last 6 were 6:07, 5:58, 5:54, 5:50, 5:56, 5:47

To my surprise I held on and ended up running a PR for that distance in a practice. We ended up averaging 6:17 pace per mile for 25 miles!! My legs were tired but not sore at all after. I think it is because I am getting more use to longer runs and I wore compression sleeves for the whole run.