11/03 - 5 Miles
11/04 - 4 Miles
11/05 - 5 Miles
11/06 - 8 Miles at 7:00 pace
11/07 - Off
11/08 - 8 Miles
11/09 - 20 Miles at The High Line Canal Trail, 7:23 pace.

50 Miles Total

My long run on Sunday, I felt great starting off and ran the first ten miles at 7:00 pace. I had thoughts of trying to do the entire run at under 7 minute pace, but sort of fell apart the last ten miles. I did my run at 1pm and the only thing that I had eaten was a bowel of cereal and a banana that morning, so I’m thinking that contributed to how I felt. I took 16oz of Gatorade (Endurance) with me and one Gu Packet, but that wasn’t enough to get me back in the saddle.

In several previous posts, I have constantly talked about how I think larger races should always give out a technical shirt for the race. Not just because I selfishly want one, but I think it’s in their best interest for advertising reasons. On my long run on Sunday, I saw three people wearing their tech shirts from The Heart Center of the Rockies Half Marathon (they give out a killer Asics Long Sleeve Shirt), I saw the 2006, 2007, and the 2008 shirt while on the run. On the flip side, I didn’t see anyone wearing a Denver Marathon shirt and that race had many more entrants but gave away a cotton shirt that no one will ever run in. In fact, I saw my 2007 Denver Marathon shirt just last week, it was in my garage, sort of gave me a laugh, I was using it to Armor All my car when I turned it over to see which old running shirt I was using.