26.4 K Run in MUTEKI

Dec. 24, 2018

9.9 K: 52:40.35 (one water stop and pee break)

2.2 K: 11:12.66

2.2 K: 13:02.72 (one water stop and pee break)

2.2 K: 11:07.69 (one water stop)

9.9 K: 52.15.84 (one pee break)

Total 26.4 K: 2:20.19

I wanted to run a long distance. But I walked 10 K in the afternoon to do some window shopping, and 30 K felt too much. But 20 K seemed too little. So I settled for somewhere between the two, and aimed at 25 K or there about. 

I decided to run the 9.4 K shuttle course and add three laps of the 2.2 K loop around the water plant (see below) to cover 25.4. But as I was running, I wanted to run just a little bit longer, so changed part of the route. Later when I got back and measured the total distance of the route I actually ran, it was 9.9 K. So the total distance tonight ended up being 26.4 K. I was glad that my training distance was longer than I had originally planed. I was also glad that I negative-split it, running the second half faster than the first half.