Sunday morning arrived with perfect weather conditions for
the Rocky Mountain Road Runners Marathon Training Series (RMRR MTS) event. RMRR runs a spring and fall MTS which consists
of a 5 mile supported section of concrete that allows a runner to complete 10
or 20 mile runs. The course is flat with
an aid station at the start, 3 mile point and 5 mile turnaround. It was a sunny day without much cloud cover.
I chose to run in a tech tee and Nathan hydration belt. This was pretty comfortable. While I brought both 10 oz bottles, I never
had more than 10 oz total liquid on me.
I started with water and then switched to Gatorade halfway through the
course. I also took on a GU at the
turnaround point.
I felt pretty comfortable through to about 6 miles. Then my pace started to really fall off. I started walking the few rises on the course
and would walk to take sips of liquid.
It ended up taking me nearly 2 hours to finish the 10 mile course. While I would have like to run about 10
minutes faster, I was very happy with the outing.
Much of distance running is mental and I was worried about
bonking or worse still cramping up. I
feel like I took enough calories and electrolytes to push off either
possibility.
As a bonus, I won a $10 Runner’s Roost gift card. Thanks to Runner’s Roost for sponsoring the
event. Thanks also to the great
volunteers and RMRR for putting on a great training event.
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