Today’s long run was my longest of the season at 32km (19.9mi).  As usual, I completed a majority of the run with the crew from House of Running, leaving from our normal warm-up area in Vondelpark.

However, the prescribed run for the group today was 28km (17.4mi) so I still had a few extra km’s/mi’s to complete on my own.  As the runs get longer and longer, they start to consume a large amount of your Saturday.  In order to combat that, I decided to start earlier and get in a lap of Vondelpark before meeting the group.

I’m glad I did!  I ran into my friends and their little daughter Gisèle.  She’s my biggest supporter and even joined me for a few meters on my run.

 

The rest of my run felt great, I am really feeling the strength training starting to pay off.  By the time I come to the end of today’s run I still felt fresh and strong.

I also used today’s run to test my nutrition and hydration plan.  The biggest learning… my wife makes a better tasting electrolyte drink than me.  Even though we both use the same recipe.  So from now on, she has to make my drinks!

Comment below with your thoughts on this post:

Pin It on Pinterest

Share This
%d bloggers like this: