Thanks to triple overtime at Ouachita Baptist, I didn't start my River Trail run until 9:05 p.m. Central. I ran the 14-mile roundtrip between the I-30 and Big Dam Bridges in 2:38:51, with splits of 11:44, 11:26, 11:38, 11:49, 11:37, 11:19, 11:18, 11:17, 11:11, 11:34, 11:17, 10:54, 11:08 and 10:40, with one-minute walks at the start of each half mile to average 11:20.8/mile, or a 4:57:29 marathon pace. I'm pleased to have prevailed after a rather dead-legged first four and a half miles. My hope was to average better than a five-hour marathon pace and not be wiped out, which I was not. I ate a packet of energy gel at 3.5, 7, and 10.5 miles, and my blood sugar dropped from 138 to 106.
Oh yeah. I walked two miles in Arkadelphia, around 1 p.m., before Ouachita Baptist's 45-43 victory over West Alabama.
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