20 km !!!!!

I did my 1st 20k+ run yesterday: 20.2 km in just under 1:59. Its two weeks to race day, so that was my last long run. This was the 4th run I've done over 10 miles, and by far the easiest. I was really tired at the end of all the others, this time I actually felt really good at the end. I'm really happy about that, I was waiting for the long runs to start feeling easier. I did have some tightness around my left heel, that was pretty constant up until the 13 km mark, then eased up. I went out the Trans-Canada trail, that was a really nice relaxed place to run. Very nice to have no streetsweepers to avoid. I kicked up the speed a bit after around the 15 km mark, but I did keep the speed under 5:40/km.

Thorlo socks combined with my Mizuno's seem to be giving me a pretty good fit plus I like the extra padding of the Thorlo's. I was kicking around whether to wear my Mizuno's on race day. I've pretty much settled on them now, since they are noticeably lighter than my other shoes.

My legs are a bit tired today, but nothing is out-of-the-ordinary painful. I'm a bit surprised that I didn't have any pain at all in my left quad, either yesterday or today.

I'm moving into a bit of a recovery mode now, dropping my mileage down a bit this week from last.