I went on my first 20 mile run today training for the Boston Marathon. I took my iPod and listened to the top 20 hits (actually the top 20 hits of prior decades). I also ran in warmer weather than I expected. I only took two 7 oz . water bottles because that is all I have needed, so I ended up rationing water. That is not a good way to train unless you are training for the Foreign Legion. I only averaged a 8:48 pace, but I was happy with that coming off an injury and not running that many miles the last two weeks while I was ramping up my biking miles. You can see from the graph below that during the last 6 miles of the run I had to take my heart rate up from the relatively easy 145 range to the high 150′s and even 160′s to keep the pace. That shows I need more training, especially speed workout, before I run the marathon.

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