Attempt at 12

So, with prom being this weekend and everything else going on, I wanted to get my long run out of the way as early as possible. It was a bit ambitious, especially because it was supposed to be the longest run I complete before my actual race. I set out to do 12 miles on Friday afternoon, big mistake. A couple of miles in I realized I didn't have enough food or water in my system. It just felt hard.  Not like I started to feel tired at 6 miles, the whole darn thing felt hard. I rolled my ankle while moving more onto the shoulder on Hanshaw. I nearly stepped on a dead fox. I got passed by another runner. It goes on. 

Anyways, though, I kept on chugging. I got within the last 3 miles and allowed myself to stop for a minute on the foot bridge at Beebe Lake. Well that turned into more like 5-10 minutes because I had seen people swimming and then saw a cop come and I wanted to watch the drama unfold. 

From there I took a much more direct route home, cutting off approx the last 1-1.5 miles. I didn't keep time because that got all screwed up when I stopped (and when I needed to stop to wait to cross bigger roads such as Rt 366).

I'm not sure whether or not I should try 12 again. My training plan says to do 6 this coming weekend (the week before the race) but I feel like I would be much more confident going in having successfully completed almost the full distance. My training the past week was definitely not great, especially through rowing. I couldn't go to the race this weekend so I wasn't boated very often and therefore wasn't really getting workouts in. I'm sure that had to do with it, at least somewhat. 

That's all for now, back to training today!