First time to run 20 miles in several years, and I made it. Parts of it were tough but overall it wasn't horrible. The worst run so far was the 18-miler at the end of September. That one took a long time for recovery, but here it is evening of the same day and I feel pretty good.
The compression socks seemed to help. My calf muscles are sore, but not hurting like they have in the past. Down at the bottom of the muscles near the Achilles tendons are both achy. I didn't have any calf cramps, either during or after the run. So there's that. I'll mark that down as progress.
The temperature was 30 degrees when I started, and up to 40 by the time I stopped about three hours and twenty minutes later. I had a nice "breakfast" of eggs, sausage, hash browns, and English muffin. Plus some chocolate milk. It was a nice way to celebrate the longest run and to start the taper to the race - three weeks from tomorrow. With 20 under my belt I feel good about making it to the finish line. The only remaining question is what the final time will be.
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