14 Tough Miles

Ugh, not a very good run. Not sure if it was not getting enough sleep or if it was pushing it Saturday, or if the warm and sun got to me over time, but I ran out of gas hard. Started from the restaurant, went counter-clockwise for a loop (add the little tail to the apartments) for 6 miles. This went pretty good. I had forgotten to take off my glasses, so I returned to the car and put my glasses away, had some shot blocks, walked a bit, and got going again. I then headed out on the spur towards the Page Extension parking lot. The 4 miles out went so so, while in the final mile out on the bridge I had my other shot blocks and walked for a bit. On the way back, running 'down' the bridge went all right, but after that, I was just completely beat. Walked and ran occasionally the final 3 miles.Hopefully next week goes better, I'll take it easier Saturday and get more sleep, and if needed start my run earlier. 14 miles in 2:45:52, avg pace of 11:50, splits of 10:15, 10:33, 10:26, 10:31, 10:48, 10:43, 14:13 (shot blocks, stop at car, and quite a bit of walking), 11;00, 11:08, 13:26 (shot blocks and quite a bit of walking), 11:03, 13:53, 13:50 and 13:56. Average heart rate for the run was 157, but all the walking brought that down a bit. All but the first two 'running' miles were over 160. Day off tomorrow, then back at it Tuesday.