23 mile run

Yesterday I think I ran farther than I have ever run before. Sure I did that Honolulu marathon last year, but due to the heat and my injuries, I did a lot of walking. I feel that this training run was really a run.
It all started at 6am. Which is an ungodly hour to start. Not as bad as Honolulu's 5am, but still early. Florence's 9am start will be interesting too. That will be midnight in California time.
the route was great and just gorgeous. We started in golden gate park, ran over to the Presidio, through the Presidio, the old army base, and over the golden gate bridge. And we came right back and finished up with a long stretch along the great highway at Ocean Beach. The finish was awesome because they had balloons and little medallions commending our finish of our long trains run. It was a blast. And food. There is nothing I like better at the end of a long run than hard-boiled eggs. yum! Oh and mamosas. One of the other pace groups brought mamosas for after the run. Double yum! Then, with a mamosa still in hand, I had a little dip in the ocean for about 10 minutes to ice my legs. COLD!
my over all pace was 11'-13" for 23.5 miles, that includes a restroom break. We were also stopped by the AIDS Marathon coaches at mile 12 for going too fast. They made us do a penalty lap at this one place that the most gorgeous view of the city. I just couldn't believe the number of times on this run that I said, "wow. I've never been to this part of San Francisco before."

Then I went home and slept. I feel much better today.