Jamestown Run

Staying out in Virginia right now, so yesterday's long run was uncharted territories.  Route was from Williamsburg, to historic Jamestown Island and back.  No real hills, just 25' rolling roads.  Weather was good (50's and sunny, with a medium wind - tailwind out, headwind back).

Started OK and settled quickly into a 7:30-7:35 pace.  Found water at 7 miles, so no repeat of last Sunday's dehydarting deathmarch.  Miles 8-15 were round Jamestown Island which was very nice.  Got to 10 miles in 75 minutes, then did 4 marathon pace miles at 6:47.  Water again about mile 14 then back into the wind.

For some reason it didn't feel too bad so I kept things moving about 7:20-7:25 pace.  Ran the final mile again at race pace (6:46) and finished up just under 22 miles at 7:22 pace overall.  If I'd kept going for another 4.5 miles at the same pace it would have been a 3:13 marathon, and that wouldn't have been a big problem to finish.

Given that is only 7 minutes off my Edinburgh time, I'm thinking that I am in pretty good shape.  Course was similar in elevation profile to how it looks for Ottawa, so that is encouraging.

Rest today, then tempo Tuesday, easy Wednesday and then we are off to Phoenix for some hot desert running.