the new long run

Fridays are typically reserved for my long run. Today was the first double-digit mile run since March 31st when I ran 12 miles. Yikes. 

​However, it went well today. And as I like to do I made it a bunched run; 6 miles before work, 4 more miles at noon. It feels nice to put 10 miles in the books.

​I've been reading (and hearing) a lot about really keeping easy miles easy. So today's run was stupidly slow at 11:45mm. My Run S.M.A.R.T. marathon plan from last year had my easy miles run at 11:38-12:48 pace. I think the closest I got was 11:30 pace - and that might have been because I was feeling tired and had to slow it down. We'll see the results either tomorrow for a brief recovery run (3-4 miles) or when I next do some speed work (Monday).