I can still remember the feeling I had after running 10 miles for the first time. It was an extraordinary accomplishment for me. I have been running 10 miles every Sunday for quite some time and I decided to bump it to the next level and I ran 12 miles today.

I didn’t get the same sense of accomplishment as I did when I first ran 10 miles, but it felt great. I guess 10 miles will always be special as it was the first time I ran in the double digits.

On today’s run, I ate an energy gel at about 6.2 miles and by about mile 8, it kicked in and I felt as though I had a ton of energy. This lasted for a couple miles and I even found myself singing out loud to my music. Luckily no one was around as they would have certainly thought I was mad.

By about mile 10.5 - 11, I started to feel tired again, but I managed to push on and finish the 12 miles. I think I need to take 2 energy gels the next time. I’ll eat the first one at mile 6 like today, but eat another one at around 8.5 miles so it’ll kick in for the last 1.5 to 2 miles.

I’m a little sore and I’m limping around, but it’s a good sore feeling.

My knee held up only hurting a bit around mile 7, but it stopped hurting within a mile. I’m hoping my knee pains are going to be behind me very soon.

I’m hoping to run 35 miles this week.

So far, things are starting to look good as I continue my journey to Boston.

Posted by derek in Training