that was tough (16 miles, 3:10 hours)

This was a challenging run. Psychologically it was hard because we had to run two miles past last week's turnaround. As someone said, "we feel really far out." Two weeks ago we ran 13 miles (our longest run) and last week we ran 12 miles. So this was a real jump up -- physically and psychologically.

In the return second half, a bunch of us ran together in a group. I incorporated the run/walk approach for the first time. That combined with the support of the "bunch" helped me get all the way through. At the very end, someone even led a sprint and we all joined in. But that only proves we really are nuts.

For the hour following the run I was pretty darn sore. Now I'm feeling much more normal but I'm still taking it easy tomorrow.....