TNT Week 15 - 20 Miler!!

This past Saturday the North team met with the South team for our annual run in Cortland.  This year, I got to do my 20 miler there!  I was dreading it because in the past Harland would plan a route out 5 miles, and you'd have to go out and back twice.  It's not fun going out then getting back just to have to go out again.  lol...  So this year it was a 10 mile route out then back.  It made for a little more difficult of a run because eventually the road we run on gets quite hilly.

This turned out to be a decent run.  When I was 10 miles out I was ahead of the pace I wanted to be.  On the way back I started having a few issues.  At one point, around 16 miles, my right calf decided it wanted to send me a scare and cramped up just slightly.  If I hadn't stopped I would've gotten a full-blown cramp and would've had to walk the rest of the way back like I did in Lake Placid last year.  Luckily, it didn't get that bad, but when I had about 1/4 mile left it happened again.

I was hoping to do the run in under 4 hours.  At 10 miles out I was far ahead of that pace and felt good.  Because of my calf issue I had to slow down, but still made it back in 3:59:59!!  I was happy.  I was also extremely exhausted and could barely walk.  I have never hurt so much from running in my life.  It was the first time I took anything like Advil afterward.  Luckily, the next day I didn't feel too bad.  I think being up and out Saturday night helped with that.  The hot tub after my run couldn't have hurt either!!