Wabash

So two days ago, Sunday, August 24th, Phillip and I drove out to a mostly shaded, 63-mile limestone biking/running/xc skiing/horse riding?/walking trail that runs from Iowa into Missouri. I had heard that it was great to run on, very soft and forgiving, easy on the legs. And one of the team members runs there every Sunday morning for his long runs because of the shade factor. I couldn't wait. I had planned on running for 2 hours.

Let me just point out that last week my mileage was pretty good, considering I'm still building--

Sunday - ran 10.1 miles (I'm starting with Sunday because that was the first day of traveling to Dallas)
Monday - elliptical for an hour, ran 4 miles
Tuesday - rest day (class from 8:00 am to 9:30 pm straight)
Wednesday - ran 12.66 miles
Thursday - ran 10.1 miles
Friday - ran 11.36 miles
Saturday - rest day (travel back to Omaha)
Sunday - had planned on 15? maybe? I had no clue.

Anyway, I know I'm just getting around to this, but I guess it's better late than never. That trail was fantastic!!! I'm going to post an elevation map and my mile splits here in a second.

My plan going out was to run out for an hour, turn around, and run back in for an hour. No real goal at all. No pace goal, no mileage goal, nothing. I just know that I can typically run a little over 15 miles in 2 hours. So you can imagine my surprise when I returned.



200 feet isn't a big deal, but I think the layout is pretty cool.

Miles were as so:
1 - 7:47
2 - 7:39
3 - 7:39
4 - 7:39
5 - 7:39
6 - 7:37
7 - 7:23
8 - 7:11
9 - 7:20
10 - 7:19
11 - 7:08
12 - 7:03
13 - 6:56
14 - 6:56
15 - 7:06
16 - 7:05
.01 - :02 (7:32)

Total - 16.01 miles, 1:57:39, 7:21 average pace

ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME?