Today I did my long run on the last 10 miles on the Boston Marathon course. It was such a beautiful day in Boston. The course looked that a race - I must have seen at least 100 runners on it, which made my pace quicken up.
The Sue(s) and I started our run at the finish line and turned back after 10miles, for a total of 20 miles. We basically wanted to get hill-intoxicated. We assumed we are going to hate hills after this run. Well, that did not happen. This may be useful information for those running Boston who don't have the luxury to train on the course. The hills are NOT that bad. Heartbreak Hill has .7 length, and it has a slight incline, so slight that it does not feel like you are running on a hill. The last .2 are steeper, but not too bad. There are about 3-4 other hills (2 before and 2 after, I think) that are steeper but very short (.2, .3). I would lose about 1 second average pace on the inclines, which I would immediately regain on the downhill. Given that we ran the hills both ways, I assumed that my legs would be very upset, no, angry with me during the run and after. Not really. I was sore, but not too bad. And my pace? 8:35 for the 20 miler, with negative splits (after first 10 miles average pace was 8:48).
I'll have more info in 2 weeks, when we are going to run 20 miles on the course, starting at mile 6.
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Ana, You're really tearing it up!
GREAT long run! the progression runs will definitely help you out in the marathon. and running parts of the course ahead of time will too :) hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend!
Awesome. Great info. Wish I could see the course.
AMAZING long run!!!! you are killing your training and are going to have such a great marathon! wow :)
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