Last long run

Yup.  Today I had my last long run before the Philly Half NEXT SUNDAY!!!! Crazy!  It seems like yesterday I started training (end of July really). 

Today's taper run had me going 5 miles. I really wasn't feeling a run this morning, but as I knew I should I went.  And it turned out to be a great one!  Half mile had me at 6:12, which is really good for me.  I then set a goal of hitting a mile in the 12 minute range.  When Garmie went off, I was at 12:48.  Woohoo!  Next goal was 1.5 miles under 20 minutes.  19:38.  Nailed it!  So of course I set the next goal of being in the 26 minute range for 2 miles.  That's been my good time for 2 miles.  26:39 - hells yea!  I reached 2.5 miles around 33 minutes and had high hopes of hitting 3 miles under 40 minutes, but that half mile was all uphill and I didn't make it (41:08 :-( ).  I was slowing down.  Bah!  But, I kept at it and reached 4 miles in about 56 minutes, which while not my fastest, it wasn't too far off.  Then I started thinking I could hit 5 miles under 1:10:00.  Sadly, when I reached 4.5 miles, I realized if I did the math, I would come in at 1:11:something.  This made me sad, but I kept going.  When Garmie went off at 5 miles and I looked down imagine my surprise at

1:09:49

Woohoo!  I was almost jumping up and down on the sidewalk!  Wouldn't that have been funny?  Especially since I was on the busy road near the high school.  And oddly enough, there were TONS of cars on the road today.  Weird.

Overall a great final long run before Philly.  Afterwards, we hit Dunkin Donuts (as is our tradition).  After last week's awful stomach issues, I started out with a egg, cheese, and turkey flatbread, a gingerbread iced coffee and then an apple cinnamon donut.  I am happy to report that my stomach is fine.  Phew!  My friend (who is all-knowledgable about running) analyzed what I ate last week and said I had too much sugar.  So, I tried hard to cut back on the amount of sugar around today's run - no dessert last night, no pre-race meal, and only one 3-piece serving of Sports Beans before the 5 miles.  I had protein with the eggs, cheese, and turkey sausage before having the donut and I'm happy with the results.  I am going to concentrate on more protein in the mornings this week overall.  

One week tomorrow is the Philly Half Marathon.  Eeeeee!!!!!