This was the longest run in a while. I planned my route this time along with some nutrition, and let me just say that it turned out way better than last week where I meandered and hit the wall. Today's 15-miler was a totally different story than 13 miles a week ago. I was going to get up at 6:15 and hit the trial, but I started waking up before 6 and ended up heading out the door shortly after 6:30. That was actually a good thing. It was still dark but that didn't matter for long. I ran a loop around the western portion of McKinney, which I had found on the USATF site. The last leg was supposed to head east on Eldorado and north up Hardin, but by the time I got to Eldorado I had enough mileage to know that I would be way over if I continued. So I ran about a half-mile on Eldorado and turned around to run up Lake Forest. That actually put me at 14.91 at my usual stopping point, and I walked the last .09 to complete the route.
The run/walk seems to be working well, and at this temperature and humidity I like it. Hopefully as the the weather cools off over the next several weeks my intervals will be faster, but at the moment I don't feel like I'm losing a whole lot - about 3 minutes every hour at the most. The only calf cramp I felt was right after mile 14 where I made an awkward move to turn walked for about 15 seconds to let it work out. Other than that it was all good.
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